Research Article
The Impact of Maternal Age and Educational Level on Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip Diagnosis and Screening: A Descriptive Comparative Study
Table 1
Comparison between the 4-month screened and delayed screening groups versus maternal factors.
| Maternal factor | 4-month screened | Delayed screening | value (differences among groups) |
| Maternal educational level | Middle school | 12 | 25 | ≤ 0.001 | High school | 39 | 32 | Graduate | 49 | 18 |
| Maternal age group | <20 (yr.) | 3 | 21 | ≤ 0.001 | 20–30 (yr.) | 45 | 47 | 30–40 (yr.) | 46 | 7 | >40 (yr.) | 6 | 0 | | Mean age (yr.) | 24 | 31 | 0.04 |
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