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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2011 Aug 19;128(5):1093–1099.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2011.07.015

Table I.

Demographic traits and prenatal exposures, by cord blood 25(OH)D levels.

Cord 25(OH)D level (nmol/L)
<50 50–74.9 75–99.9 ≥100.0

N %(n) %(n) %(n) %(n) P-value*
Total 219 26.5 (58) 41.1 (90) 21.5 (47) 11.0 (24) -
Gender
Male 107 30.8 (33) 43.0 (46) 16.8 (18) 9.3 (10)
Female 112 22.3 (25) 39.4 (44) 25.9 (29) 12.5 (14) 0.24
Maternal Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 168 20.2 (34) 42.3 (71) 23.8 (40) 13.7 (23)
Hispanic 39 48.7 (19) 38.5 (15) 10.3 (4) 2.6 (1)
Other/Unknown 12 41.7 (5) 33.3 (4) 25.0 (3) 0.0 (0) 0.004
Household Income
< $25,000 28 50.0 (14) 35.7 (10) 10.7 (3) 3.4 (1)
$25,000–45,000 50 18.0 (9) 44.0 (22) 22.0 (11) 16.0 (8)
> $45,000 127 22.8 (29) 43.3 (55) 24.4 (31) 9.4 (12) 0.06
Maternal Atopy
No 70 32.9 (23) 37.1 (26) 20.0 (14) 10.0 (7)
Yes 143 23.8 (34) 44.1 (63) 23.1 (33) 9.1 (13) 0.52
Maternal Asthma
No 169 26.6 (45) 43.8 (74) 19.5 (33) 10.1 (17)
Yes 43 25.6 (11) 30.2 (13) 27.9 (12) 16.3 (7) 0.25
Birth Season
Nov – Apr 93 31.2 (29) 46.2 (43) 18.3 (17) 4.3 (4)
May – Oct 126 23.0 (29) 37.3 (47) 23.8 (30) 15.9 (20) 0.02
Househod smoking
No 176 23.9 (42) 41.5 (73) 21.6 (38) 13.1 (23)
Yes 43 37.2 (16) 39.5 (17) 20.9 (9) 2.3 (1) 0.10
Maternal age (years)
mean (sd) 219 28.7 (6.2) 29.5 (6.4) 30.7 (5.8) 29.8 (6.5) 0.42
Maternal education (years)
mean (sd) 219 14.8 (2.7) 15.7 (2.7) 16.0 (2.5) 15.5 (1.4) 0.08
*

P-values from Fisher's exact tests and one-way ANOVA (for maternal age and education).