Table 2 Number of carriers detected by ethnicity-based screening or ECS stratified by self-reported ethnicity

From: Comparing ethnicity-based and expanded carrier screening methods at a single fertility center reveals significant differences in carrier rates and carrier couple rates

Ethnicity

Total

Carriers (%)

Panel comparison (p value)

(self-reported)

N (%)

Ethnicity-based

ACOG-based

ECS

Ethnicity vs. ACOG based

Ethnicity-based vs. ECS

ACOG-based vs. ECS

Mixed or Other Caucasian

1089

65

180

365

6.3×10-15

<2.2×10-16

<2.2×10-16

 

(25.7)

(6.0)

(16.5)

(33.5)

   

Southern European

510

42

83

160

9.0×10-5

<2.2×10-16

1.5×10-8

 

(12.1)

(8.2)

(16.3)

(31.4)

   

Hispanic

480

36

52

97

0.074

1.2×10-8

6.0×10-5

 

(11.3)

(7.5)

(10.8)

(20.2)

   

Northern European

393

30

61

116

0.00055

3.1×10-15

2.6×10-6

 

(9.3)

(7.6)

(15.5)

(29.5)

   

Unknown/Not Reported

383

22

70

133

9.6×10-8

<2.2×10-16

2.5×10-7

 

(9.1)

(5.5)

(18.1)

(34.6)

   

African or African American

377

55

63

80

0.42

0.018

0.11

 

(8.9)

(14.6)

(16.7)

(21.2)

   

Ashkenazi Jewish

359

71

102

197

0.0068

<2.2×10-16

6.4×10-13

 

(8.5)

(19.8)

(28.4)

(54.9)

   

South Asian

277

18

23

44

0.42

0.00046

0.0062

 

(6.5)

(6.5)

(8.3)

(15.9)

   

East Asian

206

5

6

13

0.76

0.054

0.10

 

(4.9)

(2.4)

(2.9)

(6.3)

   

Middle Eastern

75

4

7

23

0.53

7.6×10-5

0.0011

 

(1.8)

(5.3)

(9.3)

(30.7)

   

Southeast Asian

71

10

10

11

1

0.81

0.81

 

(1.7)

(14.1)

(14.1)

(15.5)

   

French Canadian or Cajun

5

0

1

2

 

(0.12)

(0)

(20.0)

(40.0)

   

Pacific Islander

4

1

1

1

 

(0.095)

(25.0)

(25.0)

(25.0)

   

Native American

3

0

0

1

 

(0.071)

(0)

(0)

(33.3)

   

Total

4232

359

659

1243

<2.2×10-16

<2.2×10-16

<2.2×10-16

 

(100)

(8.5)

(15.6)

(29.4)

   
  1. ACOG American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; ECS expanded carrier screening. Bold entries demonstrate p values of ≤ 0.05