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editorial
. 2021 Sep 8;41(10):2564–2565. doi: 10.1038/s41372-021-01148-w

Table 1.

Demographic differences for pregnant patients with and without a positive SARS-CoV-2 test.

Characteristics SARS-CoV-2 positive No documented positive test P value
n (row percents)
All participants 349 (4.8) 6949 (95.2)
Age (years) <0.0001
   <25 89 (7.0) 1178 (93.0)
   25–<35 202 (4.8) 4048 (95.2)
   ≥35 58 (3.3) 1723 (96.7)
Race <0.0001
   Black 224 (6.7) 3120 (93.3)
   White 99 (3.2) 3006 (96.8)
   Asian/other/unknown 26 (3.1) 823 (96.9)
Ethnicitya <0.0001
   Latinx 64 (9.8) 591 (90.2)
   Non-Latinx 284 (4.3) 6337 (95.7)
Insurance <0.0001
   Private 124 (3.0) 3990 (97.0)
   Public 225 (7.1) 2959 (92.9)
Pre-pregnancy BMIb <0.0001
   <25 114 (3.5) 3119 (96.5)
   25–<30 83 (4.7) 1674 (95.3)
   ≥30 130 (6.6) 1829 (93.4)
Marital status <0.0001
   Married 103 (2.8) 3559 (97.2)
   Not married 246 (6.8) 3390 (93.2)
Smoked during pregnancyc 0.50
   Yes 13 (3.8) 326 (96.2)
   No 293 (4.8) 5820 (95.2)
Parity 0.0001
   0 117 (3.6) 3126 (96.4)
   >0 232 (5.7) 3823 (94.3)
Limited English proficiencyd 36 (12.4) 255 (87.6)
   Latinx 30 (19.6) 123 (80.4) 0.0004
   Non-Latinx 6 (4.4) 131 (95.6)
No limited English proficiency 313 (4.5) 6694 (95.5)
   Latinx 34 (6.8) 468 (93.2) 0.03
   Non-Latinx 278 (4.3) 6206 (95.7)

a22 patients declined to provide an ethnicity.

b349 patients missing BMI.

c846 patients missing smoking.

dOverall chi-square test comparing proportions of patients with and without limited English proficiency had a P value of <0.0001.