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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatrics. 2009 Jul 27;124(2):e313–e321. doi: 10.1542/peds.2008-3488

Table 1.

Select sociodemographic characteristics for participants with and without HFM.

HFM
N=124
Control
N=349

Characteristic N (%)a N (%)a
Sex
  Female 49 (40) 187 (54)
  Male 75 (60) 162 (46)
Year of Birth
  1996–1997 30 (24) 59 (17)
  1998 41 (33) 115 (33)
  1999 28 (23) 100 (29)
  2000 25 (20) 75 (21)
Race/Ethnicity
  Non-Hispanic White 83 (67) 263 (75)
  Hispanic 24 (19) 21 (6)
  Other 17 (14) 65 (19)
Region
  Northeast/ Mid-Atlantic 30 (24) 93 (27)
  Midwest 99 (27) 276 (36)
  South 6 (16) 14 (17)
  West 10 (33) 22 (21)
Maternal Education b
  <12 16 (13) 21 (6)
  12 26 (22) 79 (23)
  13–15 30 (25) 85 (25)
  16+ 47 (39) 160 (46)
Annual Household Income c
  <$25,000 23 (19) 29 (9)
  $25,000 – 34,999 16 (13) 34 (10)
  $35,000 – 64,999 24 (20) 85 (25)
  ≥$65,000 58 (48) 190 (56)
a

% may not add up to 100 due to rounding error

b

Maternal education is missing for 5 (4%) cases and 4 (1%) controls

c

Income is missing for 3 (2%) cases and 11 (3%) controls