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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics, lifestyle choices, and food security of women who completed the prenatal care trial, compared to women who dropped out or became unreachable

From: Retaining women in a prenatal care randomized controlled trial in Canada: implications for program planning

 

Responder

N = 1561

n (%)

Drop out

N = 197

n (%)

Unreachable

N = 124

n (%)

Responder vs. Drop out Unadjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI)

p-value

Responder vs. Unreachable Unadjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI)

p-value

Sociodemographic characteristics

       

   Maternal age

       

18–24

289 (18.6)

51 (26.6)

65 (52.9)

1.59 (1.13,2.24)

0.008

4.92 (3.38,7.17)

<0.00

25+

1269 (81.5)

141 (73.4)

58 (47.2)

Reference

 

Reference

1

   Marital status

       

Married/common law

1448 (92.8)

181 (92.4)

96 (77.4)

Reference

0.809

Reference

<0.00

Not married/separated/divorced

112 (7.2)

15 (7.6)

28 (22.6)

1.07 (0.61,1.88)

 

3.77 (2.37,5.99)

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   Has spouse/partner

       

Yes

1533 (98.2)

193 (98.5)

115 (92.7)

Reference

0.792

Reference

<0.00

No

28 (1.8)

3 (1.5)

9 (7.3)

0.85 (0.26,2.83)

 

4.28 (1.97, 9.30)

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   Ethnicity

       

Caucasian

1183 (75.78)

129 (65.8)

87 (70.2)

Reference

0.002

Reference

0.162

Not Caucasian

378 (24.2)

67 (34.2)

37 (29.8)

1.62 (1.18,2.23)

 

1.33 (0.89,1.99)

 

   Education

       

Less than high school

116 (7.5)

31 (15.8)

37 (29.8)

2.44 (1.58,3.78)

<0.00

7.56 (4.74,12.07)

<0.00

High school

279 (17.9)

38 (19.4)

38 (30.7)

1.25 (0.85,1.83)

1

3.23 (2.07,5.03)

1

University/college/business school

1162 (74.6)

127 (64.8)

49 (39.5)

Reference

 

Reference

 

   Income

       

< $40000

109 (9.0)

59 (15.5)

59 (54.1)

1.87 (1.33, 2.63)

<0.00

4.08 (2.74, 6.06)

<0.00

≥ $40000

1109 (91.0)

321 (84.5)

50 (45.9)

Reference

1

Reference

1

Lifestyle Choices

       

   Smoking*

       

Not at all

1190 (76.2)

136 (69.4)

58 (47.2)

Reference

0.007

Reference

<0.00

Occasionally

73 (4.7)

5 (2.6)

9 (7.3)

0.60 (0.24,1.51)

 

2.53 (1.21,5.31)

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Daily

298 (19.1)

55 (28.1)

56 (45.5)

1.61 (1.15,2.26)

 

3.86 (2.61,5.69)

 

   Alcohol*

       

Rarely (1/wk to less than 1/month)

1349 (86.6)

174 (88.3)

104 (83.9)

Reference

0.676

Reference

0.500

Occasionally (2–3/wk)

170 (10.9)

20 (10.2)

15 (12.1)

0.91 (0.56,1.49)

 

1.14 (0.65,2.01)

 

Daily

38 (2.4)

3 (1.5)

5 (4.0)

0.61 (0.18, 2.00)

 

1.71 (0.66,4.43)

 

   Street drugs*

       

Yes

134 (8.6)

16 (8.1)

28 (22.8)

0.94 (0.55, 1.61)

0.823

3.13 (1.98, 4.95)

<0.00

No

1425 (91.4)

181 (91.9)

95 (77.2)

Reference

 

Reference

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Food Security

       

   Food bank*

       

Yes

67 (4.3)

19 (9.6)

23 (18.7)

2.38 (1.40,4.05)

0.001

5.12 (3.06,8.58)

<0.00

No

1493 (95.7)

178 (90.4)

100 (81.3)

Reference

 

Reference

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  1. *Within 12 months of pregnancy