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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2013 Apr 10;22(6):1088–1094. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-12-1438

Table 4.

Adjusted mean neonatal folate levels (in nmol/g of hemoglobin) in ALL cases and controls, by ALL subtype

N Mean (SE)a p-value b
Total ALL
 Case 313 2.76 (1.03) 0.969
 Control 405 2.77 (1.02)
B-cell ALL
 Case 282 2.69 (1.03) 0.438
 Control 405 2.75 (1.03)
B-cell High Hyperdiploid ALL
 Case 97 2.87 (1.04) 0.534
 Control 405 2.79 (1.03)
B-cell Structural Change ALL
 Case 136 2.71 (1.03) 0.342
 Control 405 2.81 (1.04)
T-cell ALL
 Case 27 3.41 (1.07) 0.005
 Control 405 2.79 (1.03)
a

Means and standard errors of hemoglobin-normalized folate levels (HbFol) in dried bloodspot specimens, adjusted for income, race/ethnicity (Hispanic, Non-Hispanic White, Non Hispanic Other), sex, age, and year of birth; back-transformed from log(HbFol)

b

T-test p-values for pairwise differences in adjusted means