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Table 1 Descriptive statistics

From: Maternal and fetal exposures to fluoride during mid-gestation among pregnant women in northern California

 

Mean (SD)

Fluoride concentrations

 Water fluoride (mg/L)

0.50 (0.33)

 Maternal urine fluoride (mg/L)

0.63 (0.38)

 Maternal urine fluoride adjusted for SG (mg/L)

0.63 (0.35)

 Maternal serum fluoride (mg/L)

0.016 (0.014)

 Amniotic fluid fluoride (mg/L)

0.017 (0.011)

 Gestational age at sample collection

20.5 (2.1)

Demographics

 Age

25.7 (4.9)

 BMI

28.0 (6.2)

 

N (%)

Race/ethnicity

 Latina

9 (18.8)

 Black

12 (25.0)

 White

20 (41.7)

 Asian/Pacific Islander

7 (14.6)

Educational attainment

 Less than high school

3 (6.3)

 High school/GED

21 (43.8)

 Some college

17 (35.4)

 College grad or postgrad

6 (12.5)

 Missing

1 (2.1)

Smoked in the past year

 No

14 (29.2)

 Yes

34 (70.8)