Table 3 Distribution of follow-up status over 5 years of follow-up by maternal characteristicsa

From: Follow-up status during the first 5 years of life for metabolic disorders on the federal Recommended Uniform Screening Panel

Maternal characteristics

Total

Patients in active care

Patients not in active care

     

Subtotal

Lost to follow-up

Moved out of state

Determined to require no further follow-up

Refused follow-up

Patients died

 

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Overallb

426

100

235

100

191

100

87

100

37

100

27

100

20

100

20

100

Age at delivery (years)

 <25

106

24.9

59

25.1

47

24.6

27

31.0

7

18.9

6

22.2

5

25.0

2

10.0

 25–34

241

56.6

127

54.0

114

59.7

51

58.6

24

64.9

16

59.3

8

40.0

15

75.0

 ≥35

79

18.5

49

20.9

30

15.7

9

10.3

6

16.2

5

18.5

7

35.0

3

15.0

Race/ethnicity

 White non-Hispanic

141

33.1

78

33.2

63

33.0

27

31.0

17

45.9

6

22.2

6

30.0

7

35.0

 Hispanic

152

35.7

79

33.6

73

38.2

43

49.4

8

21.6

8

29.6

4

20.0

10

50.0

 Black

21

4.9

12

5.1

9

4.7

3

3.4

1

2.7

2

7.4

3

15.0

0

0.0

 Asian

35

8.2

16

6.8

19

9.9

2

2.3

6

16.2

5

18.5

3

15.0

3

15.0

 Other/multiple race

77

18.1

50

21.3

27

14.1

12

13.8

5

13.5

6

22.2

4

20.0

0

0.0

Completed education years

 <12

119

27.9

66

28.1

53

27.7

25

28.7

11

29.7

6

22.2

3

15.0

8

40.0

 12

85

20.0

47

20.0

38

19.9

18

20.7

6

16.2

3

11.1

6

30.0

5

25.0

 >12

209

49.1

118

50.2

91

47.6

38

43.7

20

54.1

15

55.6

11

55.0

7

35.0

Expected principal source of payment for delivery

 Medi-Cal

193

45.3

100

42.6

93

48.7

48

55.2

16

43.2

11

40.7

7

35.0

11

55.0

 Private insurance company

209

49.1

124

52.8

85

44.5

31

35.6

18

48.6

16

59.3

13

65.0

7

35.0

 Other

24

5.6

11

4.7

13

6.8

8

9.2

3

8.1

0

0.0

0

0.0

2

10.0

  1. aChi-square test for maternal characteristics in association with follow-up status (patients in active care versus patients not in active care) was not significant (P > 0.05).
  2. bValue missing where the sum of N for categories does not equal the total sample size.