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. 2023 Mar 5;33(3):127–135. doi: 10.2188/jea.JE20210052

Table 1. Participants’ basic characteristics.

(n = 13,148)

  Group A: House
was not
destroyed/did
not live in the disaster-affected
area
(n = 6,838)
Group B: House
half-/partly
destroyed
(n = 4,878)
Group C: House
totally/mostly
destroyed
(n = 1,434)
P



n % n % n %
Age, ≥35 years 1,757 25.8 1,439 29.6 358 25.0 <0.0001
Primiparous 3,424 50.2 2,239 46.0 663 46.4 <0.0001
Pre-pregnancy BMI             0.04
 <18.5 kg/m2 1,113 16.3 760 15.6 215 15.0  
 ≥25 kg/m2 706 10.3 552 11.3 186 13.0  
Fertility treatments (Yes) 815 12.0 534 11.1 142 10.0 0.047
Multiple pregnancy (Yes) 88 1.9 76 2.3 13 1.4 0.1
Smoking during the first trimester             <0.0001
 Current smoker 114 1.7 89 1.8 35 2.5  
 Stopped after becoming pregnant 735 10.9 590 12.2 224 15.8  
 Stopped before pregnancy 1,525 22.5 1,226 25.4 350 24.6  
 Never 4,396 64.9 2,930 60.6 812 57.1  
Drinking during the first trimester             0.0006
 Current drinker 1,406 20.8 1,034 21.4 235 16.5  
 Stopped before or during pregnancy 2,321 34.3 1,624 33.6 479 33.7  
 Never 3,047 45.0 2,181 45.1 707 49.8  
Strong activity once or more per week before pregnancy (Yes) 1,067 15.8 787 16.3 240 16.9 0.5
Sleeping pills             0.1
 Never use 6,737 99.3 4,807 99.3 1,409 98.9  
 Less than once per week 13 0.2 6 0.1 1 0.07  
 Once or more per week 34 0.5 29 0.6 15 1.1  
K6 score, ≥13 360 5.3 276 5.7 97 6.8 0.08
Household income (Japanese yen)             <0.0001
 <4 million 2,119 32.9 1,627 35.6 591 43.8  
 ≥4 million, <8 million 3,478 53.9 2,328 50.9 626 46.4  
 ≥8 million 854 13.2 618 13.5 133 9.9  
Living with Partner 6,274 91.8 4,464 91.5 1,292 90.1 0.1
Living with Maternal parents 537 7.9 544 11.2 182 12.7 <0.0001
Living with Paternal parents 866 12.7 751 15.4 249 17.4 <0.0001
Year of participation             0.01
 2013 327 4.8 254 5.2 52 3.6  
 2014 2,068 30.3 1,606 32.9 475 33.1  
 2015 2,592 37.9 1,780 36.5 514 35.8  
 2016 1,841 26.9 1,232 25.3 392 27.3  
 2017 8 0.1 6 0.1 1 0.07  

BMI, body mass index; K6, Kessler 6 Psychological Distress Scale.