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Table 2 Characteristics of mothers and their newborns by newborn sex in Taiwan during 2000–2001 (n = 64)

From: Genome-wide DNA methylation at birth in relation to in utero arsenic exposure and the associated health in later life

  

Sex of the infant

 

Characteristics

All (n = 64)a

Male (n = 38)a

Female (n = 26)a

p-valueb

Pregnant Women

Age (years)

28.9 ± 4.8

28.6 ± 4.1

29.5 ± 5.7

0.492

Pre-pregnant BMI (Kg/m2)

20.5 ± 2.6

20.2 ± 2.4

21.0 ± 2.9

0.244

Urinary Creatinine (mg/dL)

63.6 ± 41.7

70.9 ± 46.0

53.0 ± 32.9

0.078

Maternal Education

   

0.303

 high school +2 years

25(39)

13(34)

12(48)

 

 ≥high school +4 years

39(61)

25(66)

14(52)

 

Newborns

    

 Gestational Age (weeks)

39 ± 1.2

39 ± 1.1

39 ± 1.4

0.791

  1. aPresented as the mean ± SD or number (percentage).
  2. b p-value for difference between male and female newborns using t-test for continuous variables and χ2 or Fishers Exact Test for categorical variable
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