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Table 1 Background information on study cohort

From: A pilot study on environmental and behavioral factors related to missed abortion

Characteristic

Missed abortion

No missed abortion

P

Age (years)

30.0 ± 4.0

29.2 ± 3.4

0.035

Education (n)

  

0.335

 Post-high school student

27 (9.9%)

16 (5.6%)

 

 High school student

30 (11.2%)

43 (15.1%)

 

 College student

62 (21.6%)

66 (23.2%)

 

 Bachelor

101 (38.8%)

104 (36.5%)

 

 Master

36 (14.2%)

45 (15.8%)

 

 PhD

11 (4.3%)

11 (3.9%)

 

Smoking (n)

 

1.000

 No

265 (99.3%)

282 (98.9%)

 

 <10/day

2 (0.7%)

3 (1.1%)

 

 10–20/day

0

0

 

 >20/day

0

0

 

Drinking (n)

 

0.297

 No

245 (91.8%)

268 (94.0%)

 

 Yes

22 (8.2%)

17 (6.0%)

 

Family history (n)

 

0.251

 No

257 (96.3%)

279 (97.9%)

 

 Yes

10 (3.7%)

6 (2.1%)

 

Marital status (n)

  

0.113

 Unmarried

3 (1.1%)

0

 

 Married

264 (98.9%)

283 (99.3%)

 

 Divorced

0

1 (0.4%)

 

 Separated

0

0

 

 Unmarried cohabitation

0

1 (0.4%)

 

Parity (n)

 

0.000

 0

158 (66.7%)

185 (70.9%)

 

 1

29 (12.2%)

68 (26.1%)

 

 2

29 (12.2%)

7 (2.7%)

 

 ≥3

21 (8.9%)

1 (0.4%)

 

Premarital health screening (n)

 

0.040

 No

152 (57.4%)

138 (48.6%)

 

 Yes

113 (42.6%)

146 (51.4%)

 
  1. Values are given as the mean ± standard deviation (SD) for continuous variables and as the number (n) with the within-column percentage given in parenthesis for numeration data. Numbers may not total 100% due to missing data and rounding-off
  2. P value is for t test (continuous variables) or chi-square (numeration datas)