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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neurotoxicol Teratol. 2013 Dec 24;41:71–79. doi: 10.1016/j.ntt.2013.12.005

Table 2.

Descriptive Characteristics of Study Participants

Characteristic SEM Range Median
Age (mean years), n=55 8.5 0.13 1–9 8.6
Height (mean m), n=55 1.3 0.43 1.2–1.5 1.3
Weight (mean kg), n=55 30.2 1.06 19.8–51.6 28.9
Ht/Wt (mean m/kg), n=55 0.05 0.001 0.03–0.06 0.05
Residential Distance from Refinery (mean km), n=55 11.5 0.46 4.9–18.3 11.9
School Distance from Refinery (mean km), n=55 10 0.50 3.7–19.5 11.9
Time Weighted Distance (mean km), n=55 10.0 0.39 4.2–15.1 11
Participant IQ (mean), n=55 103.8 1.61 72–125 105
Parent IQ (mean), n=55 107.3 2.12 65–132 109
Parent Education (mean years), n=55 15.2 0.31 9–20 15.5
Mean Percentage of Time Spent at Current 92
Address (%)
Female (%) 64
Blood Mn (mean μg/L), n=48 10 0.36 6.1–18.8 9.75
Ln Blood Mn (mean μg/L) 2.3 0.03 1.8–2.9 2.28
Blood Pb (mean μg/dL,) n=48 0.86 0.05 <DL-2.0 0.79
Ln Blood Pb (mean μg/dL) −0.22 0.05 −1.1–0.69 −0.24
Hair Mn (mean μg/g), n=48 0.77 0.16 0.1–7.4 0.44
Ln Hair Mn (mean μg/g) −0.72 0.13 −2.3–2.0 −0.082