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Table 1 Characteristics of participants

From: Prenatal and neonatal factors involved in the development of childhood allergic diseases in Guangzhou primary and middle school students

Characteristics

All

Non-case group*

Case group*

P-value§

Total, n (%)

183,449 (100)

158,305 (86.3)

25,144 (13.7)

/

Grade, n (%)

   

< 0.001†

 1–6

136,771 (74.6)

117,450 (74.2)

19,321 (76.8)

 

 7–9

33,013 (18.0)

29,014 (18.3)

3999 (15.9)

 

 10–12

13,665 (7.45)

11,841 (7.48)

1824 (7.25)

 

Age, Years, n (%)#

   

< 0.001†

 6–10

114,026 (62.2)

97,603 (61.7)

16,423 (65.3)

 

 11–15

59,374 (32.4)

51,961 (32.8)

7413 (29.5)

 

  > 15

10,049 (5.48)

8741 (5.52)

1308 (5.20)

 

 Mean (SD)

9.94 (2.99)

9.97 (3.00)

9.76 (2.96)

< 0.001¶

Sex, n (%)

 Male

98,565 (53.7)

83,995 (53.1)

14,570 (58.0)

< 0.001‡

 Female

84,884 (46.3)

74,310 (46.9)

10,574 (42.1)

 

 Birth weight, kg, Mean (SD)

2.99 (0.42)

2.98 (0.42)

3.02 (0.43)

< 0.001¶

Neonatal feeding, n (%)

   

< 0.001‡

 Breast feeding

80,718 (44.0)

70,723 (44.7)

9995 (39.8)

 

 Breast+ formula feeding

71,363 (38.9)

60,184 (38.0)

11,179 (44.5)

 

 Formula feeding

31,368 (17.1)

27,398 (17.3)

3970 (15.8)

 

Delivery, n (%)

   

< 0.001‡

 Vaginal delivery

107,830 (58.8)

94,232 (59.5)

13,598 (54.1)

 

 Cesarean

75,619 (41.2)

64,073 (40.5)

11,546 (45.9)

 

Delivery date, n (%)

   

< 0.001‡

 On the due date

50,595 (27.6)

45,627 (28.8)

4968 (19.8)

 

 Overdue

44,520 (24.3)

37,855 (23.9)

6665 (26.5)

 

 Before the due date

88,334 (48.2)

74,823 (47.3)

13,511 (53.7)

 

Diseases in pregnancy, n (%)

 Hypertension

3005 (1.64)

2472 (1.56)

533 (2.12)

< 0.001‡

 Diabetes

4290 (2.34)

3329 (2.10)

961 (3.82)

< 0.001‡

 Intrahepatic cholestasis

486 (0.26)

383 (0.24)

103 (0.41)

< 0.001‡

 Hypothyroidism

590 (0.32)

470 (0.30)

120 (0.48)

< 0.001‡

 Hyperthyroidism

760 (0.41)

626 (0.40)

134 (0.53)

0.002‡

 Anemia

13,515 (7.37)

10,701 (6.76)

2814 (11.2)

< 0.001‡

 Viral hepatitis

1950 (1.06)

1604 (1.01)

346 (1.38)

< 0.001‡

 Other

1331 (0.73)

968 (0.61)

363 (1.44)

< 0.001‡

 Any disease above

23,175 (12.6)

18,434 (11.6)

4741 (18.9)

< 0.001‡

 Only child, n (%)

70,832 (38.6)

59,201 (37.4)

11,631 (46.3)

< 0.001‡

 One or both parents’ education> 12 years, n (%)

133,304 (72.7)

113,317 (71.6)

19,987 (79.5)

< 0.001‡

Father smoking, n (%)

   

0.129†

 Never smoked

90,370 (49.3)

78,172 (49.4)

12,198 (48.5)

 

 Quit for > 1 year

14,584 (7.95)

12,410 (7.84)

2174 (8.65)

 

 Quit for < 1 year

4291 (2.34)

3698 (2.34)

593 (2.36)

 

 Current smoking

74,204 (40.5)

64,025 (40.4)

10,179 (40.5)

 

Mother smoking, n (%)

   

0.519†

 Never smoked

181,814 (99.1)

156,903 (99.1)

24,911 (99.1)

 

 Quit for > 1 year

672 (0.37)

575 (0.36)

97 (0.39)

 

 Quit for < 1 year

218 (0.12)

189 (0.12)

29 (0.12)

 

 Current smoking

745 (0.41)

638 (0.40)

107 (0.43)

 

Average Household monthly income per person, US$, n (%)

   

< 0.001†

  < 735

61,248 (33.4)

54,362 (34.3)

6886 (27.4)

 

 735–1764

74,842 (40.8)

64,471 (40.7)

10,371 (41.3)

 

  > =1764

47,359 (25.8)

39,472 (24.9)

7887 (31.4)

 
  1. SD: Standard deviation; 1USAdollar = 6.80RMB
  2. #: The mean age of school grade 1 is six years old
  3. * Case group included children who had allergic asthma, allergic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis and eczema, and children without above cases were included in the non-case group
  4. § P value was for comparing the differences between case group and non-case group
  5. † Ordinal logistic regression was used for the comparison
  6. ‡ Chi-squared test was used for the comparison
  7. ¶ Two sample t test was used for the comparison