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Table 2 Characteristics of children who moved by disease cohort

From: Residential movement patterns of families of young children with chronic conditions in Ontario, Canada: a population-based cohort study

 

Single CCC

Multiple CCCs

LBW

A/RW

Healthy controls

P-value*

N = 15,207

N = 3,600

N = 33,206

N = 57,137

N = 489,566

n,(%**)

8,467 (55.6%)

2,167 (60.2%)

19,036 (57.3%)

27,955 (48.9%)

263,576 (53.8%)

<.001

Female, n (%**)

3,573 (54.7%)

953 (59.5%)

10,077 (57.3%)

10,104 (48.3%)

132,504 (53.7%)

<.001

Male, n (%**)

4,894 (56.4%)

1,214 (60.8%)

8,959 (57.3%)

17,851 (49.3%)

131,072 (54.0%)

<.001

Neighbourhood Income Quintile at birth, # (%*)

      

Quintile 1 (lowest)

2,531 (67.5%)

666 (71.7%)

5,958 (69.6%)

8,341 (62.2%)

75,794 (66.8%)

<.001

Quintile 2

1,940 (60.9%)

485 (64.8%)

4,321 (60.8%)

6,196 (53.6%)

56,927 (58.0%)

<.001

Quintile 3

1,575 (52.8%)

413 (54.7%)

3,619 (55.0%)

5,460 (46.1%)

50,661 (51.7%)

<.001

Quintile 4

1,350 (47.1%)

331 (53.6%)

3,002 (49.3%)

4,597 (40.9%)

45,219 (46.3%)

<.001

Quintile 5 (highest)

1,071 (44.2%)

272 (49.5%)

2,136 (44.0%)

3,361 (37.0%)

34,975 (42.5%)

<.001

> 80 km from specialized hospital at birth, n (%***)

1,728 (53.6%)

444 (61.4%)

3,428 (56.0%)

5,101 (50.5%)

50,690 (51.5%)

<.001

  1. *P-values indicate tests of differences across groups.
  2. **% of total group who moved at least once from Year 2–5.
  3. ***% based on children living > 80 km at baseline only.
  4. CCC complex chronic condition(s), LBW low birth weight, A/RW asthma/recurrent wheeze.