Table 1 Sociodemographic, obstetric, and clinical characteristics of the pregnancy cohort at enrolment, Kenya, 2017–2019
From: Prevalence of microcephaly and Zika virus infection in a pregnancy cohort in Kenya, 2017–2019
Characteristic | N | |
|---|---|---|
Age, years mean (SD) | 2312 | 28.4 (± 5.6) |
Education level completed | 2278 | |
Primary and below, n (%) | 592 (26.0) | |
Secondary, n (%) | 1016 (44.6) | |
Tertiary, n (%) | 670 (29.4) | |
Occupation | 2312 | |
Employed, n (%) | 953 (41.2) | |
Self-employed, n (%) | 366 (15.8) | |
Unemployed, n (%) | 992 (42.9) | |
Gestational age in weeks, median [IQR] | 2312 | 20.0 [15.1–24.1] |
Previous pregnancies | 2309 | |
0, n (%) | 691 (29.9) | |
1 to 3, n (%) | 1415 (61.3) | |
Above 3, n (%) | 203 (8.8) | |
Previous pregnancies’ outcome | 1618 | |
Pregnancy loss | 528 (32.6) | |
Newborn with birth defects | 19 (1.2) | |
Any chronic diseasea, n (%) | 2312 | 143 (6.2) |
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)b, mean (SD) | 2309 | 109.3 (11.7) |
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)c, mean (SD) | 2307 | 67.9 (9.3) |
Hemoglobin level (g/dl)d, mean (SD) | 2145 | 11.2 (2.7) |
HIV infected, n (%) | 2160 | 343 (15.9) |
HIV infected and using ARVs, n (%) | 343 | 310 (92.3) |
Positive VDRL for syphilis, n (%) | 2163 | 29 (1.3) |