Skip to main content

Table 1 Characteristics of the study group

From: A comparison of meningococcal carriage by pregnancy status

 

Pregnant

(n = 100)

N or Mean (sd)

Nonpregnant

(n = 99)

N or Mean (sd)

p

Age (mean, sd)

27.60 (5.90)

30.17 (7.22)

NSa

Parity

   

   0

37

41

NSb

   1

27

22

 

   2

22

18

 

   3

7

9

 

   4

3

3

 

   5

3

3

 

   6

0

2

 

   7

1

0

 

   9

0

1

 

Race

   

   Caucasian

39

60

0.0002c

   African American

12

20

 

   Hispanic

40

15

 

   Native American

5

2

 

   Asian

2

2

 

   Other

2

0

 

Estimated

Gestational Age

27.49 (9.36)

N/A

N/A

Tobacco Use

14

38

<0.0001c

Number in Household

   

1

2

16

0.0106c

2

23

25

 

3

26

20

 

4

30

23

 

>5

19

15

 

Median Income

   

<20,000

23

17

0.5951c

20,000-39,999

20

19

 

40,000-59,999

7

13

 

>60,000

10

11

 

Unknown

39

40

 
  1. a Student's t-test
  2. b Fisher's exact chi square test
  3. c Pearson's Chi-square test
Back to article page

Journal of Negative Results in BioMedicine

ISSN: 1477-5751

Contact us