Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of parents and children by exposure status
| Baseline characteristic | Parents |
Children |
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| Exposed (N = 20) | Unexposed (N = 21) | p value | Exposed (N = 20) | Unexposed (N = 21) | p value | |
| Age in years (mean, SD) | 40.2 (8.3) | 41.9 (7.4) | 0.49 | 10.6 (2.8) | 12.5 (3.6) | 0.06 |
| Female gender (%) | 95.0 | 85.7 | 0.61 | 45.0 | 47.6 | 1.0 |
| Race (%) | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||||
| Black | 70.0 | 61.9 | 70.0 | 66.7 | ||
| White | 30.0 | 33.3 | 25.0 | 28.6 | ||
| Other | 0.0 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.8 | ||
| Hispanic (%) | 10.5 | 9.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 1.0 |
| Body mass index | 29.9 (9.4) | 34.4 (9.1) | 0.13 | 19.3 (4.0) | 23.7 (7.1) | 0.02 |
| Total cholesterol, mg/dl (mean, SD) | 199.6 (41.8) | 192.8 (32.9) | 0.57 | 158.4 (36.3) | 164.5 (37.2) | 0.62 |
| HDL cholesterol, mg/dl (mean, SD) | 52.6 (13.1) | 52.0 (16.9) | 0.91 | 46.4 (18.2) | 47.6 (14.0) | 0.82 |
| LDL cholesterol, mg/dl (mean, SD) | 116.7 (36.1) | 117.2 (22.9) | 0.96 | 94.8 (31.2) | 102.7 (35.2) | 0.54 |
| Triglycerides, mg/dl (mean, SD) | 114.3 (88.2) | 117.2 (15.8) | 0.36 | 75.0 (33.3) | 93.4 (63.6) | 0.66 |
| Heart rate, beats per minute (mean, SD) | 66.8 (8.0) | 67.7 (10.4) | 0.77 | 66.3 (8.8) | 69.8 (8.4) | 0.22 |
| Systolic blood pressure, mmHg (mean, SD) | 127.4 (28.4) | 123.8 (16.8) | 0.62 | 97.8 (12.2) | 103.7 (12.9) | 0.14 |
| Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg (mean, SD) | 83.6 (16.3) | 82.5 (11.9) | 0.80 | 65.7 (9.2) | 72.0 (10.7) | 0.05 |
| Fasting glucose, mg/dl (mean, SD) | 105.2 (44.5) | 95.3 (10.1) | 0.79 | 84.5 (5.7) | 87.0 (6.2) | 0.25 |
Note. HDL = high density lipoprotein; LDL = low density lipoprotein.