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. 2021 Dec 20;4(12):e2137250. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.37250

Table 2. Demographic Characteristics of Case and Control Siblings by Cohort.

Characteristics Siblings, No. (%) P value
Case cohort Control cohort
Prematurity cohort
Siblings, No. 784 2807 NA
Age, y
0 to <3 30 (3.8) 73 (2.6) <.001
3 to <5 164 (20.9) 887 (31.6)
≥5 590 (75.3) 1847 (65.8)
Sex
Female 373 (47.6) 1383 (49.3) .40
Male 411 (52.4) 1424 (50.7)
Race and ethnicity
Asian 24 (3.1) 131 (4.7) <.001
Black 88 (11.2) 167 (6.0)
Hispanic 93 (11.9) 281 (10.0)
White 456 (58.2) 1845 (65.7)
Missing or other 123 (15.7) 383 (13.6)
Cardiac cohort
Siblings, No. 770 2292 NA
Age, y
<19 25 (3.3) 51 (2.2) <.001
19 to <29 207 (26.9) 776 (33.9)
≥29 538 (69.9) 1465 (63.9)
Sex
Female 413 (53.6) 1135 (49.5) .048
Male 357 (46.4) 1157 (50.5)
Race and ethnicity
Asian 30 (3.9) 95 (4.1) .18
Black 72 (9.4) 153 (6.7)
Hispanic 76 (9.9) 226 (9.9)
White 496 (64.4) 1536 (67.0)
Missing or other 96 (12.5) 282 (12.3)
Oncologic cohort
Siblings, No. 2072 4058 NA
Age, y
0 to <3 75 (3.6) 35 (0.9) <.001
3 to <5 98 (4.7) 147 (3.6)
≥5 1899 (91.7) 3876 (95.5)
Sex
Female 1020 (49.2) 1915 (47.2) .13
Male 1052 (50.8) 2143 (52.8)
Race and ethnicity
Asian 64 (3.1) 163 (4.0) .30
Black 103 (5.0) 219 (5.4)
Hispanic 231 (11.2) 413 (10.2)
White 1467 (70.8) 2860 (9.9)
Missing or other 207 (10.0) 403 (9.9)
Neurologic cohort
Siblings, No. 4292 8885 NA
Age, y
0 to <3 171 (4.0) 117 (1.3) <.001
3 to <5 293 (6.8) 408 (4.6)
≥5 3828 (89.2) 8360 (94.1)
Sex
Female 2145 (50.0) 4330 (48.7) .18
Male 2147 (50.0) 4555 (51.3)
Race and ethnicity
Asian 136 (3.2) 436 (4.9) <.001
Black 265 (6.2) 590 (6.6)
Hispanic 477 (11.1) 922 (10.4)
White 3024 (70.5) 6150 (69.2)
Missing or other 390 (9.1) 787 (8.9)

Abbreviation: NA, not applicable.