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Table 2 Job stress, environmental, and behavioral factor analysis

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

Characteristic

Missed abortion

No missed abortion

P

Physical excise (time/week)

  

0.000

 >3

12 (4.5%)

28 (9.8%)

 

 2–3

17 (6.4%)

39 (13.7%)

 

 1

58 (21.7%)

68 (23.9%)

 

 Never

180 (67.4%)

150 (52.6%)

 

Passive smoke (h/day)

  

0.062

 No

162 (60.7%)

157 (55.1%)

 

 <2

79 (29.6%)

108 (37.9%)

 

 2–3

12 (4.5%)

14 (4.9%)

 

 >3

14 (5.2%)

6 (2.1%)

 

Exposure to cell phone and computer (h/day)

  

0.044

 <4

46 (17.2%)

72 (25.3%)

 

 4–6

62 (23.2%)

69 (24.2%)

 

 >6

159 (59.6%)

144 (50.5%)

 

Noise exposure

  

0.198

 No

163 (61.0%)

189 (66.3%)

 

 Yes

104 (39.0%)

96 (33.7%)

 

Refurbishing home 3 months before and during pregnancy

 

0.024

 No

154 (57.7%)

191 (67.0%)

 

 Yes

113 (42.3%)

94 (33.0%)

 

Ventilation

 

0.000

 Seldom

90 (33.7%)

47 (16.5%)

 

 Always

177 (66.3%)

238 (83.5%)

 

Pet raising

  

0.851

 No

231 (86.5%)

245 (86.0%)

 

 Yes

36 (13.5%)

40 (14.0%)

 

Folic acid supplements

 

0.000

 No

160 (61.3%)

122 (42.8%)

 

 Yes

101 (38.7%)

163 (57.2%)

 

Favoring fried food

 

0.013

 No

158 (61.0%)

205 (71.9%)

 

 Yes

101 (39.0%)

80 (28.1%)

 

Have reproductive knowledge

  

0.000

 Always

107 (40.4%)

168 (58.9%)

 

 Seldom

147 (55.5%)

106 (37.2%)

 

 Never

11 (4.2%)

11 (3.9%)

 

Family stress

−1.25 ± 3.2

−1.76 ± 3.2

0.062

Job stress

0.51 ± 0.1

0.50 ± 0.1

0.202

  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)