Epidemiology of Birth Defects in Eastern China and the Associated Risk Factors

17 January 2022 : Clinical Research

Qiao-Qiao Wang^1BEG*, Cha-Ying He^2AC, Jin Mei^3ADF, Yi-Lin Xu^4BC

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.933782

Med Sci Monit 2022; 28:e933782

Table 2 General characteristics of enrolled pregnant women.

Variables		n or mean	(%) or SD
Age		28.61	4.70
Education level	Illiteracy	29	0.7
	Elementary school	159	3.7
	Junior middle school	868	20.0
	Senior middle school	872	20.1
	College degree and above	2420	55.6
Family monthly income per capita (RMB)		8	0.2
	1000–2000	143	3.3
	2000–4000	487	11.2
	4000–8000	623	14.3
	>8000	3086	71.0
Gravidity	1	1973	45.4
	2	1204	27.7
	≥3	1171	26.9
Parity	0	727	16.7
	1	2766	63.6
	≥2	850	19.7
Residential environment	City	2765	63.6
Residential environment	Country	1583	36.4