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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Res. 2015 Oct;142:688–695. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.09.003

Table 1.

Geometric mean and standard deviation of prenatal and postnatal manganese levels (AUC 55Mn:43Ca) in dentin by demographic characteristics, CHAMACOS Study.

Prenatal Dentin
Postnatal Dentin
Characteristic N (%) GM (GSD) N (%) GM (GSD)
All participants 197 (100.0) 0.47 (1.5) 193 (100.0) 0.14 (2.8)
Mothers
Age (years)
    18 - 24 74 (37.6) 0.43 (1.5) 73 (37.8) 0.13 (3.0)
    25 - 29 74 (37.6) 0.51 (1.5) 71 (36.8) 0.17 (1.9)
    30 - 34 31 (15.7) 0.51 (1.4) 31 (16.1) 0.17 (3.7)
    35 - 45 18 (9.1) 0.45 (1.4) * 18 (9.3) 0.09 (4.1) *
Race/Ethnicity
    Latina 192 (97.5) 0.48 (1.5) 188 (97.4) 0.14 (2.9)
    Other 5 (2.5) 0.33 (1.5) * 5 (2.6) 0.11 (1.4)
Education
    < High school 154 (78.2) 0.50 (1.5) 151 (78.2) 0.14 (2.8)
    ≥ High school 43 (21.8) 0.39 (1.5) ** 42 (21.8) 0.13 (3.0)
Income (% poverty)
    < 100 118 (59.9) 0.49 (1.4) 115 (59.6) 0.14 (3.6)
    100 - 200 71 (36.0) 0.44 (1.5) 70 (36.3) 0.15 (1.6)
    > 200 8 (4.1) 0.47 (1.3) 8 (4.2) 0.13 (2.5)
Country of birth
    Mexico 174 (88.3) 0.49 (1.5) 170 (88.1) 0.15 (3.0)
    Other 23 (11.7) 0.36 (1.4) ** 23 (11.9) 0.12 (1.8) *
Time in U.S. (years)
    ≤ 5 42 (21.3) 0.50 (1.4) 42 (21.8) 0.13 (4.4)
    6 - 10 54 (27.4) 0.48 (1.7) 52 (26.9) 0.17 (1.9)
    ≥ 11 101 (51.3) 0.46 (1.4) 99 (51.3) 0.13 (2.7)
Parity
    0 66 (33.5) 0.47 (1.5) 65 (33.7) 0.15 (2.6)
    ≥ 1 131 (66.5) 0.47 (1.5) 128 (66.3) 0.14 (2.9)
Smoking during pregnancy
    No 187 (94.9) 0.49 (1.5) 183 (94.8) 0.14 (2.9)
    Yes 10 (5.1) 0.32 (1.8) * 10 (5.2) 0.14 (1.8)
Alcohol during pregnancy
    No 187 (98.4) 0.48 (1.5) 183 (98.4) 0.15 (2.7)
    Yes 3 (1.6) 0.32 (2.4) 3 (1.6) 0.11 (1.2)
HOME score at 6-months
    < 33 98 (49.8) 0.51 (1.5) 95 (49.2) 0.14 (3.9)
    ≥ 33 99 (50.2) 0.44 (1.5) * 98 (50.8) 0.15 (1.8)
Maternal PPVT score
    < 91 96 (48.7) 0.48 (1.5) 93 (48.2) 0.13 (3.3)
    ≥ 91 101 (51.3) 0.47 (1.5) 100 (51.8) 0.15 (2.4)
Children
Sex
    Boy 84 (42.6) 0.47 (1.5) 81 (42.0) 0.13 (3.1)
    Girl 113 (57.4) 0.48 (1.5) 112 (58.0) 0.15 (2.6)
Birth weight (g)
    < 2500 8 (4.1) 0.41 (1.7) 8 (4.2) 0.15 (2.0)
    2500 - 3500 94 (47.7) 0.47 (1.5) 91 (47.2) 0.16 (1.9)
    > 3500 95 (48.2) 0.49 (1.4) 94 (48.7) 0.12 (3.7)
Gestational duration (weeks)
    < 37 17 (8.6) 0.40 (1.8) 17 (8.8) 0.16 (2.1)
    37 - 42 180 (91.4) 0.48 (1.5) 176 (91.2) 0.14 (2.9)
*

p<0.05

**

p<0.01