Table 2.
Factors influencing choice of receiving SFs.
| Variable | # (%) | Choice of SF | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No (%) | Yes (%) | (FET) | |||
| Setting | Prenatal | 20 (2%) | 6 (30%) | 14 (70%) | 0.03 |
| Postnatal | 749 (91%) | 72 (10%) | 677 (90% | ||
| Pregnancy termination | 55 (7%) | 6 (11%) | 49 (89%) | ||
| Person providing consenta | Parent or legal representative | 621 (83%) | 60 (10%) | 561 (90%) | 0.68 |
| Self | 128 (17%) | 12 (9%) | 116 (91%) | ||
| Consanguinitya | Yes | 63 (8%) | 12 (19%) | 51 (81%) | 0.01 |
| No | 686 (92%) | 60 (9%) | 626 (91%) | ||
| Sex of the consenterb | Female | 81 (63%) | 3 (4%) | 78 (96%) | 0.01 |
| Male | 47 (37%) | 9 (19%) | 38 (81%) | ||
| Age of the proband when another is providing consentc | Minor (<=16) | 556 (90%) | 59 (11%) | 497 (89%) | 0.01 |
| Adult (>16) | 65 (10%) | 1 (2%) | 64 (98%) | ||
P values were calculated using Fisher’s Exact Test (FET).
aThis analysis includes only postnatal cases.
bThis analysis includes only postnatal cases and participants providing consent for one-self.
cThis analysis includes only postnatal cases and cases for which a parent or legal representative is providing consent. See Fig. 1 for a general scheme of the analysis performed.