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