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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 9.
Published in final edited form as: Harmful Algae. 2016 Jul;57(B):9–19. doi: 10.1016/j.hal.2016.03.010

Table 2.

Characteristics of Children Enrolled in the CoASTAL Cohort Study

Full sample n = 108 Boys n = 70 Girls n = 38 p value*
Gender (Female) 35 0 100 -
Preterm birth 16 15 16 1.00
Birth weight (g)** 3490 ± 600 3510 ± 630 3460 ± 600 0.69
Attend tribal school 19 17 21 0.80
Received tutoring 25 30 16 0.16
Diagnosed with learning disability 9 13 3 0.10
Difficulty with speech 12 17 3 0.03
Difficulty with language 7 10 0 0.05
Birth trauma 11 10 11 1.00
Asthma 18 24 8 0.06
Exposed to hazardous chemicals 2 3 0 0.54

Data presented as percentage, except birth weight presented as mean ± SD.

*

p values from chi-square test, Fisher's exact test or t-test, as appropriate

**

n=84 (53 males, 31 females)