Table 1 Characteristics of participants with lab test results (n = 2475) being performed at recruitment in Children cohort

From: Seroepidemiology of enterovirus A71 infection in prospective cohort studies of children in southern China, 2013-2018

Characteristics

No. participants

%

Male, sex

1246

50

Age at baseline (year)

  1

355

14

  2

368

15

  3

332

13

  4

333

13

  5

330

13

  6

283

11

  7

205

8

  8

162

7

  9

107

4

Ethnicity (Han)

2474

100

Township

  Tianzhuang (1.5 persons per 104 m2)

586

24

  Jiangnan (2.1 persons per 104 m2)

787

32

  Qingtang (2.7 persons per 104 m2)

1102

45

Birth mode*

  Full-term birth

2344

95

  Preterm birth

105

4

  Post-term birth

25

1

Delivery mode*

  Natural childbirth

1577

64

  Caesarean

897

36

Birth weight (kilograms)

3.2 (0.5)#

/

Underlying diseases*

16

1

Number of household members

  2

64

3

  3

431

17

  4

695

28

  5

531

21

  ≥6

754

30

  Parents

1325

54

  Others

1150

46

Annual family income (RMB, Yuan)

  <20,000

611

25

  [20,000, 50,000)

1382

56

  ≥50 000

482

19

  1. “*” That total No. assessed were 2474 participants; “#” indicates mean (standard deviation); “†” indicates that there were 15 participants with congenital heart disease and 1 with oesophageal atresia.