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. 2021 Nov 9;13(11):e19415. doi: 10.7759/cureus.19415

Table 1. Comparison between the parents that considered the AAP guidelines helpful and not helpful.

AAP, American Academy of Pediatrics.

  Overall, n = 265 (100%) Helpful, n = 226 (85.3%) Not helpful, n = 39 (14.7%) p-value
Race/ethnicity of the child        
White 125 (47.2%) 105 (46.5%) 20 (51.3%)  
African-American 66 (24.9%) 60 (26.5%) 6 (15.4%)  
American Indian 1 (0.4%) 1 (0.4%) 0  
Asian 7 (2.6%) 6 (2.7%) 1 (2.6%)  
Multiple or other ethnicity 66 (24.9%) 54 (23.9%) 12 (30.8%) 0.621
Age of mother        
<18 years 2 (0.8%) 2 (0.9%) 0  
18-24 years 36 (13.6%) 35 (15.5%) 1 (2.6%)  
25-34 years 145 (54.7%) 125 (55.3%) 20 (51.3%)  
35-44 years 82 (30.9%) 64 (28.3%) 18 (46.2%) 0.047
Age of father        
<18 years 2 (0.8%) 0 2 (0.9%)  
18-24 years 20 (7.5%) 19 (8.4%) 1 (2.6%)  
25-34 years 116 (43.8%) 102 (45.1%) 14 (35.9%)  
35-44 years 110 (41.5%) 90 (39.8%) 20 (51.3%)  
45-54 years 13 (4.9%) 9 (4%) 4 (10.3%)  
55-64 years 1 (0.4%) 1 (0.4%) 0  
>65 years 3 (1.1%) 3 (1.3%) 0 0.329
Father circumcised        
No 83 (31.3%) 74 (32.7%) 9 (23.1%)  
Yes 182 (68.7%) 152 (67.3%) 30 (76.9%) 0.229
Brother circumcised (n = 114)        
No 25 (21.9%) 21 (21.9%) 4 (22.2%)  
Yes 89 (78.1%) 75 (78.1%) 14 (77.8%) 0.974