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. 2010 Jun 25;25(5):489–498. doi: 10.1093/mutage/geq032

Table I.

Comparison of age, BMI, smoking status and CBMNcyt assay DNA damage biomarkers between low- and high-risk pregnancy groups

	Age (years)^a	BMI (kg/M²)^a	% Smokers	MN-BN (‰)^a	NPB-BN (‰)^a	NBUD-BN (‰)^a
Low risk (N = 45)	30.9 ± 0.7	26.4 ± 0.6	6.6	16.0 ± 0.8	7.4 ± 1.0	24.4 ± 2.4
High risk (N = 91)	33.9 ± 0.8	29.6 ± 0.8	19.8	22.8 ± 1.2	6.5 ± 0.4	28.4 ± 2.5
P	0.014^b	0.009^b	0.046^c	0.006^d	0.298^d	0.244^d

^a

Mean ± 1 SE.

^b

Unpaired Student’s t-test.

^c

Fisher exact test.

^d

Logistic regression analysis using age, BMI and smoking as covariates.