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Table 1 Enrollment, pregnancy, and births by eligibility status at initial consent

From: Impact of preconception enrollment on birth enrollment and timing of exposure assessment in the initial vanguard cohort of the U.S. National Children’s Study

 

High non-tryer

High tryer

Total preconception

Pregnant

Total

Number of women consented

231

198

429

970

1399

Proportion of women consented in study

16.5 %

14.2 %

30.6 %

69.3 %

100.0 %

Number of pregnancies

54

111

165

970

1135

Proportion of women conceiving

23.4 %

56.1 %

38.5 %

100.0 %

81.1 %

Proportion of pregnancies in study

4.8 %

9.8 %

14.5 %

85.5 %

100.0 %

Number of women giving birth

44

98

142

780

922

Proportion of pregnant women with known birth

81.5 %

88.3 %

86.1 %

80.4 %

81.2 %

Proportion of births in study

4.8 %

10.6 %

15.4 %

84.6 %

100.0 %

  1. Eligibility status at consent often differed from eligibility status at original screening because of a delay in implementing preconception enrollment. Of the 970 enrolled pregnant, 228 were not pregnant at initial screening. See Fig. 1 and reference #11