Description of women in the Jundiaí Zika cohort
Pregnant women (n=737) | |
Age in years (mean and range) | 27.5 (13–46) |
Ethnicity White | 53.7 % (n = 368) |
Mixed race | 34.7 % (n = 238) |
Black | 9.6 % (n = 66) |
Asian | 1.6 % (n = 11) |
Indigenous | 0.3 % (n = 2) |
Unknown | 7.1% (n=52) |
Education >12 years | 15.4% (n=106) |
12 years | 44.4 % (n = 305) |
9–11 years | 23.7 % (n = 163) |
≤8 years | 16.4 % (n = 113) |
Unknown | 6.8 % (n = 50) |
Married/living with partner | 77.2% (n=569) |
Biological sample tested for ZIKV RT-PCR during pregnancy | 94.3% (n=695) |
Positive maternal urine ZIKV RT-PCR during pregnancy | 7.6% (n=53) |
Lost to follow-up before birth outcome | 3.5% (n=26) |
Maternal deaths | 0.1% (n=1) |
Women with live births (of those followed up) | 97.6% (n=687) |
Foetal deaths | 3.2% (n=23) |
*Note: Percentages for all categories were calculated with exclusion of those with missing data from the denominator.
RT-PCR, reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; ZIKV, Zika virus.