| Unadjusted | Adjustedb | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Meana | Median | Range | Meana | Median | Range |
Nitrate | mg/day | mg/1000 calories/day | ||||
   White non-Hispanic | 45.54 ± 34.72 | 37.02 | 3.01-638.44 | 31.97 ± 21.86 | 26.48 | 4.19-280.27 |
   Black non-Hispanic | 68.42 ± 65.62 | 48.41 | 5.39-692.23 | 42.09 ± 36.65 | 32.31 | 4.81-335.96 |
   Hispanic | 56.68 ± 43.23 | 45.29 | 2.51-382.06 | 29.23 ± 18.79 | 24.36 | 4.48-234.33 |
   Asian/Pacific Islander | 87.66 ± 79.36 | 64.03 | 8.03-556.12 | 54.61 ± 38.90 | 43.92 | 8.29-301.25 |
   Other | 60.42 ± 72.74 | 42.37 | 9.84-809.64 | 33.11 ± 22.08 | 27.83 | 7.37-175.05 |
   All women | 52.33 ± 45.60 | 40.84 | 2.51-809.64 | 33.21 ± 24.62 | 26.75 | 4.19-335.96 |
Nitrite | mg/day | mg/1000 calories/day | ||||
   White non-Hispanic | 1.55 ± 0.85 | 1.40 | 0.12-26.51 | 1.08 ± 0.35 | 1.04 | 0.15-3.25 |
   Black non-Hispanic | 1.91 ± 1.27 | 1.64 | 0.20-13.53 | 1.13 ± 0.41 | 1.08 | 0.26-2.69 |
   Hispanic | 2.30 ± 1.38 | 2.04 | 0.19-19.78 | 1.18 ± 0.37 | 1.15 | 0.23-3.41 |
   Asian/Pacific Islander | 2.10 ± 1.51 | 1.67 | 0.10-12.23 | 1.28 ± 0.46 | 1.22 | 0.34-2.79 |
   Other | 1.94 ± 1.73 | 1.55 | 0.36-18.59 | 1.06 ± 0.35 | 1.05 | 0.26-2.10 |
   All women | 1.78 ± 1.14 | 1.53 | 0.10-26.51 | 1.11 ± 0.37 | 1.07 | 0.15-3.41 |
Total nitrite | mg/day | mg/1000 calories/day | ||||
   White non-Hispanic | 3.83 ± 2.22 | 3.37 | 0.36-39.66 | 2.68 ± 1.22 | 2.45 | 0.36-15.65 |
   Black non-Hispanic | 5.34 ± 4.18 | 4.23 | 0.47-48.14 | 3.24 ± 2.03 | 2.76 | 0.56-18.58 |
   Hispanic | 5.13 ± 3.18 | 4.41 | 0.31-38.89 | 2.64 ± 1.09 | 2.49 | 0.45-13.08 |
   Asian/Pacific Islander | 6.48 ± 4.92 | 5.07 | 0.71-35.91 | 4.00 ± 2.12 | 3.45 | 0.82-17.24 |
   Other | 4.97 ± 5.11 | 3.84 | 1.12-59.07 | 2.71 ± 1.22 | 2.48 | 0.99-9.65 |
   All women | 4.41 ± 3.05 | 3.69 | 0.31-59.07 | 2.77 ± 1.37 | 2.51 | 0.35-18.58 |
Nitrosamine | μg/day | μg/1000 calories/day | ||||
   White non-Hispanic | 0.548 ± .315 | 0.487 | 0.017-7.304 | 0.380 ± 0.157 | 0.361 | 0.014-1.945 |
   Black non-Hispanic | 0.534 ± .396 | 0.448 | 0.029-3.187 | 0.315+0.210 | 0.280 | 0.031-2.556 |
   Hispanic | 0.531 ± .348 | 0.463 | 0.050-3.878 | 0.278 ± 0.122 | 0.262 | 0.052-1.273 |
   Asian/Pacific Islander | 0.501 ± .386 | 0.413 | 0.009-2.852 | 0.305 ± 0.137 | 0.289 | 0.043-0.815 |
   Other | 0.507 ± .373 | 0.427 | 0.066-.3444 | 0.283 ± 0.117 | 0.267 | 0.044-0.738 |
   All women | 0.541 ± .337 | 0.472 | 0.009-7.304 | 0.344 ± 0.162 | 0.322 | 0.014-2.556 |