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. 2024 Jan 7;7:100137. doi: 10.1016/j.gloepi.2024.100137

Table 1.

Descriptive characteristics of the study sample.

Cases
n = 111 (19.4%)
Controls
n = 462 (80.6%)
Total
n = 573
Age in years, median (IQR) 49.8 (23.3) 51.7 (19.7) 51.5 (20.0)
Gender, n (%)
 Male 82 (73.9) 341 (73.8) 423 (73.8)
 Female 29 (26.1) 121 (26.2) 150 (26.2)
Race/Ethnicity, n (%)
 Non-Hispanic White 91 (82.0) 387 (83.8) 478 (83.4)
 Non-Hispanic Black 11 (9.9) 32 (6.9) 43 (7.5)
 Other 9 (8.1) 43 (9.3) 52 (9.1)
BMI in kg/m2, median (IQR) 30.0 (7.3) 28.2 (6.5) 28.6 (6.3)
Smoking, n(%)
 Never 73 (65.8) 304 (65.8) 377 (65.8)
 Former 29 (26.1) 133 (28.8) 162 (28.3)
 Some Days 8 (7.2) 10 (2.2) 18 (3.1)
 Every Day 1 (0.9) 15 (3.3) 16 (2.8)
Site, n (%)
 Decatur Chemical/Botha 44 (39.6) 163 (35.3) 207 (36.1)
 Decatur Film 34 (30.6) 105 (22.7) 139 (24.3)
 Menomonie 33 (29.7) 194 (42.0) 227 (39.6)
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Decatur Chemical/Both includes individuals who reported working at the Chemical plant and both the Chemical and Film plants