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Table 4 Sociodemographic Characteristics of Women Randomized Into Control and Intervention Groups

From: Recruitment and retention of women in a large randomized control trial to reduce repeat preterm births: the Philadelphia Collaborative Preterm Prevention Project

 

Intervention

N = 565

Control

N = 561

P-value

P-value*

US born

525 (92.9)

499 (88.95)

.02

.32

Race/Ethnicity

    

   NH Black

406 (71.9)

399 (71.1)

.96

 

   NH-White

58 (10.3)

59 (10.5)

  

   Hispanic/other

101 (17.9)

103 (18.4)

  

Education

  

.62

 

   < HS

180 (31.9)

181 (32.3)

  

   HS/GED

227 (40.2)

211 (37.6)

  

   College or more

158 (27.96)

169 (30.1)

  

Married

96 (17.0)

122 (21.9)

.04

.64

Income

    

   Income <= 10,000

113 (20)

113 (20.2)

.99

 

   10-30,000

212 (37.5)

205 (36.6)

  

   > 30,000

129 (22.8)

133 (23.7))

  

   DK/refused

111 (19.6)

109 (19.5)

  

Insurance Status

  

.50

 

   Private Insurance

171 (30.3)

155 (27.6)

  

   Medicaid

374 (66.3)

390 (69.5)

  

   Uninsured

19 (3.4)

16 (2.9)

  

Age mean (sd)

25.4 (6.5)

25.1 (6.3)

.34

 

GA mean (sd)

30.2 (3.9)

30.2 (4.0)

  

Baby-alive

504 (89.2)

499 (89.3)

.91

 

Regular dental visits

320 (56.6)

339 (60.4)

.97

 

Periodontal disease

37 (6.6)

39 (6.9)

.20

 

Physical health-exe/V good/good

501 (88.7)

515 (91.8)

.79

 

Physical health-fair/poor

64 (11.3)

46 (8.2)

..08

 

Smoking before pregnancy

175 (30.9)

156 (27.9)

.25

 

Ever homeless

88 (15.6)

76 (13.6)

.34

 

BMI mean (sd)

26.4 (6.8)

26.2 (6.6)

.56

 

CES-D >=23

151(26.8)

140 (25)

.50

 
  1. *P values reflect adjustment for multiple comparisons using Bonferroni method