Table 1.
Baseline and follow-up/lost to follow-up characteristics at child age 2 years, 3 years and 5 years
| Baseline (pregnancy) (n=448) |
Child age 2 years follow-up (n=324) |
Child age 2 years lost to follow-up (n=112) |
Child age 3 years follow-up (n=324) |
Child age 3 years lost to follow-up (n=112) |
Child age 5 years follow-up (n=299) |
Child age 5 years lost to follow-up (n=137) |
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| Maternal age | |||||||
| 14–24 | 238 (53.1) | 172 (53.1) | 66 (53.2) | 173 (53.2) | 59 (52.7) | 156 (52.2) | 76 (55.5) |
| 25+ | 210 (46.9) | 152 (46.9) | 58 (46.8) | 152 (46.8) | 53 (47.3) | 143 (47.8) | 61 (44.5) |
| Education | |||||||
| High school or less | 322 (72.4) | 226 (70.0) | 88 (79.3) | 232 (72.1) | 82 (73.2) | 203 (68.4) | 111 (81.0) |
| Trade or University | 123 (27.6) | 97 (30.0) | 23 (20.7) | 90 (28.0) | 30 (26.8) | 94 (31.7) | 26 (19.0) |
| Income | |||||||
| Job | 62 (14.0) | 56 (17.34) | 4 (3.7) | 55 (17.1) | 5 (4.5) | 47 (15.9) | 13 (9.6) |
| Centrelink | 381 (86.0) | 267 (82.7) | 105 (96.3) | 267 (82.9) | 106 (95.5) | 249 (84.1) | 123 (90.4) |
| HCC status | |||||||
| Yes | 358 (82.2) | 254 (79.9) | 95 (89.6) | 252 (79.3) | 97 (91.5) | 236 (80.8) | 113 (85.6) |
| No | 77 (17.8) | 64 (20.1) | 11 (10.4) | 66 (20.8) | 9 (8.5) | 56 (19.2) | 19 (14.4) |
| Residential location | |||||||
| Metropolitan | 171 (38.7) | 116 (36.3) | 55 (45.1) | 116 (36.1) | 51 (46.0) | 132 (44.8) | 35 (25.7) |
| Non- metropolitan | 271 (61.3) | 204 (63.8) | 67 (54.9) | 205 (63.9) | 60 (54.1) | 163 (55.2) | 101 (74.3) |
| Usual reason visit dentist | |||||||
| Problem | 275 (64.0) | 195 (61.9) | 72 (69.2) | 194 (62.4) | 74 (67.9) | 184 (63.7) | 83 (63.8) |
| Check-up | 155 (36.1) | 120 (38.1) | 32 (30.8) | 117 (37.6) | 35 (32.1) | 105 (36.3) | 47 (36.2) |
| Brush yesterday | |||||||
| Yes | 321 (75.0) | 239 (76.0) | 74 (69.8) | 240 (77.4) | 74 (67.9) | 217 (75.9) | 96 (72.7) |
| No | 107 (25.0) | 73 (23.4) | 32 (30.2) | 70 (22.6) | 35 (32.1) | 69 (24.1) | 36 (27.3) |
| Self-rated oral health | |||||||
| Excellent, very good or good | 203 (45.3) | 153 (47.2) | 43 (38.4) | 151 (46.5) | 46 (41.1) | 130 (43.5) | 66 (48.2) |
| Fair or poor | 245 (54.7) | 171 (52.8) | 69 (61.6) | 174 (53.5) | 66 (58.9) | 169 (56.5) | 71 (51.8) |
| Self-rated general health | |||||||
| Excellent, very good or good | 402 (89.9) | 294 (91.0) | 97 (86.6) | 298 (92.0) | 94 (83.9) | 272 (91.0) | 119 (87.5) |
| Fair or poor | 45 (10.1) | 29 (9.0) | 15 (13.4) | 26 (8.0) | 18 (16.1) | 27 (9.0) | 17 (12.5) |