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Table 1 Comparison of women who had an extra research blood sample collected at routine venipuncture with those who did not in terms of routine collected data

From: Minimizing sample bias due to stigmatized behaviours: the representativeness of participants in a cohort study of alcohol in pregnancy

 

Did not have an extra sample taken (613)

Had an extra sample taken (3583)

P Value

Area based deprivation, SIMD quintile, 1 = most deprived; 5 = least deprived

 SIMD 1

266 (46.2)

1306 (38.0)

 

 SIMD 2

105 (18.2)

604 (17.6)

 

 SIMD 3

73 (12.7)

435 (12.7)

 

 SIMD 4

64 (11.1)

484 (14.1)

 

 SIMD 5

68 (11.8)

607 (17.7)

 

 Missing

37

147

< 0.001

Age category (years)

 15 to 20 years

30 (5.1)

128 (3.6)

 

 20 to 30 years

234 (39.5)

1406 (39.5)

 

 30 to 40 years

306 (51.6)

1860 (52.3)

 

 40 to 50 years

23 (3.9)

165 (4.6)

 

 Missing

20

24

< 0.001

BMI (kg/m sq)

 Underweight

15 (4.4)

57 (3.1)

 

 Normal

160 (47.3)

901 (48.8)

 

 Over weight

163 (48.2)

889 (48.1)

 

 Missing

275

1736

0.704

Previous pregnancies

 0

231 (51.9)

1289 (54.5)

 

 1

113 (25.4)

607 (25.6)

 

 2

52 (11.7)

250 (10.6)

 

 3

20 (4.5)

112 (4.7)

 

 4+

29 (6.5)

109 (4.6)

 

 Missing

168

1216

0.121

Previous spontaneous abortions

 0

350 (78.5)

1912 (80.7)

 

 1

68 (15.3)

308 (13.0)

 

 2

17 (3.8)

93 (3.9)

 

 3

11 (2.5)

55 (2.3)

 

 Missing

167

1215

0.467

Previous therapeutic abortions

 0

429 (96.2)

2234 (94.0)

 

 1

17 (3.8)

143 (6.0)

 

 Missing

167

1206

0.065

Previous caesarians

 0

408 (91.9)

2192 (92.5)

 

 1

36 (8.1)

177 (7.5)

 

 Missing

169

1214

0.642

Smoking history

 Current smoker

44 (9.5)

278 (11.2)

 

 Former smoker

28 (6.1)

146 (5.9)

 

 Never smoked

274 (59.4)

1463 (59.0)

 

 Not known

115 (25.0)

592 (23.9)

 

 Missing

152

1104

0.751

Smoking while pregnant

 No

317 (68.8)

1667 (67.2)

 

 Yes

40 (8.7)

272 (11.0)

 

 Not known

104 (22.6)

540 (21.8)

 

 Missing

152

1104

0.338

Alcohol referral to intervention nurse

 No

604 (98.5)

3470 (96.9)

 

 Yes

9 (1.5)

113 (3.2)

 

 missing

0

0

0.022

Units of alcohol drunk now

 Nil

505 (94.4)

2860 (91.6)

 

 At least one unit

30 (5.6)

262 (8.4)

 

 missing

78

461

0.028

Units drunk daily before pregnant

 Nil

488 (90.5)

2694 (85.9)

 

 1–4

41 (7.6)

412 (13.1)

 

 5+

10 (1.9)

31 (1.0)

 

 missing

74

446

< 0.001

Alcohol intervention required

 No

446 (72.8)

2369 (66.1)

 

 Yes

167 (27.2)

1214 (33.9)

 

 missing

0

0

0.001

 

Median IQR

Median IQR

 

Estimated gestation

39 (38–40)

39 (38–40)

0.100

Birthweight

3366 (3050–3696)

3394 (3066–3725)

0.483

CO Carbon Monoxide

1 (1–2)

1 (1–2)

0.229