Table 1 Characteristics of the 12,778 subjects who participated in follow-up interviews

From: Nationwide population genetic screening improves outcomes of newborn screening for hearing loss in China

Characteristic

Number (%)

All

12,778 (100)

Sex

  Male

6,920 (54.2)

  Female

5,703 (44.6)

  Unspecified

155 (1.2)

Age at follow-up (in months)

  2

453 (3.5)

  3–5

5,031 (39.4)

  6–11

4,611 (36.1)

  12–17

2,303 (18.0)

  18–23

91 (0.7)

  >24a

289 (2.3)

Risk factorsb

  None

11,108 (86.9)

  NICU

1,177 (9.2)

  Family history of early-onset hearing lossc

491 (3.8)

  Family history with ototoxic medications

57 (0.4)

  Consanguinity

5 (<0.1)

  Ototoxic medications during pregnancy

2 (<0.1)

  Neonatal bacterial meningitisd

1 (<0.1)

  1. NICU neonatal intensive care unit.
  2. aThe oldest child was 56 months old.
  3. bSubjects with two or more risk factors were calculated separately. In total, 1,670 (13.1%) had risk factors.
  4. cIndividuals reporting hearing loss with age in elderly were not considered as a family history.
  5. dOne neonate was infected with bacterial meningitis but not admitted to NICU.
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