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. 2011 Jan-Mar;2(1):11–15. doi: 10.4161/chim.2.1.15424

Table 1.

Subject characteristics

Controls Cases
(N = 571) (N = 310)
N (%) N (%)
Age in years
15 – 24 25 (4) 24 (8)
25 – 34 132 (23) 63 (20)
35 – 44 175 (31) 80 (26)
45 – 54 160 (28) 67 (22)
55 – 64 79 (14) 76 (25)
Race
Caucasian 536 (94) 273 (88)
Black 16 (3) 9 (3)
Asian 11 (2) 16 (5)
Other 8 (1) 12 (4)
Marital status
Married or living as married 423 (74) 201 (65)
Never married 59 (10) 50 (16)
Divorced or separated 79 (14) 52 (17)
Widowed 7 (1) 7 (2)
Unknown 3 (1) 0
Highest level education
High school or less 153 (27) 146 (47)
Technical school 36 (6) 49 (16)
College or graduate school 382 (67) 115 (37)