Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of subjects.
| Variables | Males | Females | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Mean | SD | Min | Max | n | Mean | SD | Min | Max | p value | |
| Age (years) | 46 | 19.6 | 0.3 | 18.9 | 20.6 | 48 | 19.5 | 0.3 | 18.9 | 20.3 | 0.154 |
| Height (cm) | 47 | 174.9 | 7.7 | 158.0 | 192.0 | 48 | 161.9 | 5.4 | 152.3 | 176.0 | <0.001 |
| Weight (kg) | 47 | 65.0 | 11.4 | 45.8 | 107.2 | 48 | 58.5 | 13.7 | 36.7 | 98.0 | 0.014 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 47 | 21.3 | 3.7 | 14.9 | 35.5 | 48 | 22.3 | 5.0 | 14.5 | 39.7 | 0.260 |
| Systolic BP (mm Hg) | 47 | 120.5 | 9.9 | 101.0 | 143.3 | 48 | 110.4 | 10.4 | 89.3 | 156.3 | <0.001 |
| Diastolic BP (mm Hg) | 47 | 66.1 | 7.5 | 51.3 | 87.7 | 48 | 68.3 | 8.0 | 51.7 | 102.3 | 0.175 |
| Prenatal MeHg (maternal hair in ng/g) | 47 | 6.7 | 4.3 | 0.7 | 20.0 | 48 | 6.7 | 3.8 | 1.7 | 21.3 | 0.980 |
| Recent postnatal MeHg (subjects hair in ng/g) | 41 | 11.2 | 5.8 | 2.9 | 28.1 | 45 | 7.9 | 4.3 | 2.0 | 20.5 | 0.003 |