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Table 1 General condition of pregnant women and newborns

From: Maternal exposure to farming environment protects offspring against allergic diseases by modulating the neonatal TLR-Tregs-Th axis

 

Farming group (n = 40)

Non-farming (n = 80)

P value

Mother age (year) ≠

28.82 (0.94)

30.31 (0.95)

0.28

Mother height (cm) ≠

162.32 (1.14)

160.32 (3.60)

0.64

Pre-pregnancy weight (g) ≠

66.05 (5.02)

63.07 (3.47)

0.62

Maternal smoking, n (%)

  

0.45

Never

29 (72.50)

64 (80.00)

 

Smoking and quit before pregnancy

8 (20.00)

8 (10.00)

 

Smoking before pregnancy and quit after pregnancy

3 (0)

0 (0)

 

Keep smoking before after pregnancy

0 (0)

0 (0)

 

Passive smoking (frequent exposure to smokers)

3 (7.50)

8 (10.00)

 

Maternal allergic disease history (n %)

4 (10.00)

15 (18.75)

0.08

Allergic rhinitis (n %)

2 (5.00)

12 (15.00)

 

Asthma (n %)

0 (0)

2 (2.50)

 

Allergic dermatitis (n %)

2 (5.00)

3 (3.75)

 

Vaginal delivery (n %)

40 (100.00)

80 (100.00)

 

Maternal serum total IgE (UI/ml)#

35.5 (11.4/124.9)

51.9 (16.1/175)

0.08

Endotoxin contents in pregnant woman bedroom (EU/mg)#

44.77 (17.20/185.18)

21.73 (9.04–150.22)

0.04

Pregnant woman bedroom β (1,3)-d-glucan (ug/mg)#

8.78 (3.04–19.57)

5.48 (2.67–15.88)

0.10

Pregnant women close contact with livestock history, n (%)

32 (80%)

0 (0)

 

Pregnant women closely contact the history of crops, n (%)

22 (55%)

0 (0)

 

Pregnant women close contact with crops and livestock history, n (%)

14 (35%)

0 (0)

 

Neonatal sex, boy, n (%)

21 (52.00)

40 (50.00)

0.65

Gestational age (day) ≠

257.96 (9.93)

265.81 (4.06)

0.44

Neonatal weight (g) ≠

3145.40 (120.93)

3078.06 (644.49)

0.69

Body length of newborn (cm)#

50.00 (49.25/50.00)

50.00 (48.00/50.00)

0.14

Apgar scores > 8, n (%)

40 (100)

80 (100)

 
  1. The values are represented as mean ± SEM (marked as ≠) or median (25%/75% IQR) (marked as #). T-test or Mann–Whitney rank test or X2 test were used to compare the two groups. Italic value indicates statistical significance (P < 0.05)