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Table 1 Summary demographics and differences between the PROTECT study participants included in present analysis versus participants not included because of missing urine and/or serum samples

From: A repeated measures study of phenol, paraben and Triclocarban urinary biomarkers and circulating maternal hormones during gestation in the Puerto Rico PROTECT cohort

Total N

Included

Not Included

p

602

709

Age (mean [SD])

26.51 (5.66)

26.94 (5.34)

0.25

BMI in kg/m2 (%)

  < 25

245 (40.7)

192 (27.1)

0.99

 25–30

114 (18.9)

87 (12.3)

 

  > 30

73 (12.1)

56 (7.9)

 

 Missing

170 (28.2)

374 (52.8)

 

Current Smoker (%)

 Never

440 (73.1)

323 (45.6)

0.03

 Ever

63 (10.5)

57 (8.0)

 

 Current

23 (3.8)

6 (0.8)

 

 Missing

76 (12.6)

323 (45.6)

 

Exposure to Second-Hand Smoking per Day (%)

 Up to half an hour

443 (73.6)

338 (47.7)

0.16

 Up to an hour

25 (4.2)

19 (2.7)

 

 More than an hour

41 (6.8)

18 (2.5)

 

 Missing

93 (15.4)

334 (47.1)

 

Alcohol Consumption (%)

 No

273 (45.3)

190 (26.8)

0.61

 Before pregnancy

215 (35.7)

170 (24.0)

 

 Yes within the last few months

36 (6.0)

24 (3.4)

 

 Missing

78 (13.0)

325 (45.8)

 

Household Income in U.S. $ (%)

  < 10,000

152 (25.2)

82 (11.6)

0.03

 10,000 - 30,000

132 (21.9)

114 (16.1)

 

 30,000 - 50,000

101 (16.8)

83 (11.7)

 

  > 50,000

64 (10.6)

59 (8.3)

 

 Missing

153 (25.4)

371 (52.3)

 

Maternal Education (%)

  < High School

123 (20.4)

64 (9.0)

0.02

 Some college

194 (32.2)

137 (19.3)

 

 College graduate

210 (34.9)

182 (25.7)

 

 Missing

75 (12.5)

326 (46.0)

 

Insurance Type (%)

 Public (Mi Salud)

318 (52.8)

340 (48.0)

0.001

 Private

222 (36.9)

153 (21.6)

 

 Missing

62 (10.3)

216 (30.5)

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