|  | --------------Quartiles of Toenail Arsenica--------------- | |||
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Overall (n = 323) | Q1 (n = 82) | Q2 (n = 79) | Q3 (n = 80) | Q4 (n = 81) | |
Median (IQR) or % | Median (IQR) or % | ||||
Characteristics | |||||
Child with neural tube defect (%) | 51 | 52 | 54 | 44 | 52 |
Age (years) | 24.0 (7.0) | 25.0 (8.0) | 23.0 (7.0) | 23.0 (6.2) | 24.0 (8.0) |
Prenatal betel nut use (%) | 44 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 52 |
Education | |||||
 No formal schooling (%) | 20 | 16 | 18 | 28 | 19 |
 High school or less (%) | 54 | 55 | 53 | 51 | 56 |
 College/University (%) | 26 | 29 | 29 | 21 | 26 |
Unemployed (%) | 96 | 90 | 97 | 99 | 96 |
Spouse occupation | |||||
 Unemployed (%) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
 Office worker (%) | 43 | 37 | 46 | 42 | 49 |
 Agricultural laborer or carpenter (%) | 43 | 49 | 51 | 38 | 35 |
 Unknown (%) | 13 | 13 | 3 | 19 | 16 |
Rice Intake (cups/day) | 6.0 (3.0) | 6.0 (5.0) | 6.6 (3.0) | 6.0 (3.0) | 8.0 (5.6) |
Fish Intake (cups/day) | 0.4 (0.3) | 0.5 (0.3) | 0.4 (0.3) | 0.4 (0.3) | 0.4 (0.3) |
HOMA measurement | |||||
HOMA-IR | 1.2 (1.1) | 1.2 (1.0) | 1.2 (0.9) | 1.1 (1.4) | 1.1 (1.2) |
HOMA-ß | 84.5 (70.2) | 88.9 (68.8) | 81.7 (89.1) | 89.7 (67.0) | 84.8 (67.2) |
Hours fasting | 10.9 (5.7) | 10.8 (5.2) | 11.1 (6.3) | 11.3 (4.6) | 10.8 (5.8) |
Months postpartum | 3.1 (6.2) | 2.1 (4.5) | 3.0 (6.2) | 4.6 (7.2) | 3.7 (5.7) |