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. 2022 Dec 20;17(12):e0279352. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0279352

Table 1. Sample characteristics of children with genetic disease/condition, NSCH, a 2020 (n = 833).

Overall NST determination Clinical determination
Number Weighted % Number Weighted % Number Weighted %
Or Mean (CI) Or Mean (CI) Or Mean (CI)
Sex
    Female 399 51.3% 55 12.8, 6.8–18.8 344 87.2, 81.2–93.2
    Male 434 48.7% 73 20.7, 13.3–28.2 361 79.3, 71.8–86.7
Race/ethnicity
    White alone 685 75.7% 92 12.9, 8.6–17.1 593 87.1, 82.9–91.4
    Black alone 44 8.8% 19 57.2, 36.1–78.2 25 42.8, 21.8–63.9
    Other 104 15.5% 17 12.1, 2.9–21.2 87 87.9, 78.8–97.1
Birth more than 3 weeks before due date
    Yes 123 22.7 33 19.3, 6.7–31.9 90 80.7, 68.0–93.3
    No 691 68.0 92 16.4, 10.9–21.9 599 83.6, 78.1–89.1
    Missing (19)
Birth weight <2500 grams
    Yes 98 14.2 28 21.9, 6.9–36.8 70 78.1, 63.2–93.1
    No 710 85.8 95 15.9, 10.8–21.1 615 84.1, 78.9–89.2
    Missing (25)
Difficulty receiving specialist care
    Yes 74 11.7 cell suppressedc 66 94.6, 89.7–99.5
    No/slight 759 88.3 120 18.2, 12.7–23.6 639 81.8, 76.4–87.3
Newborn Genetic Screening determination of genetic condition
    Yes 128 11.8 128 100% 0
    No 705 88.2 0 705 100%
Age in years
    0 to <6 182 30.9 43 18.3, 8.8–27.9 139 81.7, 72.1, 91.2
    6 to <13 305 40.5 48 16.5, 8.6–24.4 257 83.5, 75.6–91.4
    13 to <18 346 28.6 37 15.2, 7.1–23.3 309 84.8, 76.1–92.9

aNational Survey of Children’s Health

b Confidence Interval

ccells with values <10 are not reported.