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. 2019 Oct 25;127(10):107010. doi: 10.1289/EHP5165

Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics [n (%) or median (P25–P75)] of live-born singletons from the initial CHAMACOS mother–child cohort (n=527) and study participants with prenatal urinary phthalate metabolites who completed at least one of the neurobehavioral assessments at ages 7 (n=322).a

Characteristic Live-born singletons n (%) or Median (P25–P75) Children with prenatal phthalates and at least one assessment at 7-y visit N (%) or Median (P25–P75)
Maternal/household characteristics
Age at enrollment (y) 25 (22–29) 25.5 (22–29)
Education
6th grade 228 (43.3) 142 (44.1)
 7th–12th grade 192 (36.4) 110 (34.2)
 Completed high school 107 (20.3) 70 (21.7)
Receptive vocabulary (PPVT score) at 9-y visit 98 (80–108)
 Missing (n)b 23
Country of birth
 Mexico 444 (84.3) 277 (86.0)
 Other 83 (15.8) 45 (14.0)
Years in U.S.
5 270 (51.2) 151 (46.9)
 6–10 115 (21.8) 84 (26.1)
11 142 (27.0) 88 (27.0)
Parity
 0 180 (34.2) 102 (31.7)
1 347 (65.8) 220 (68.3)
Smoking during pregnancy
 No 496 (94.1) 309 (96.0)
 Yes 31 (5.9) 13 (4.0)
Maternal depression at 9-year visit (16 CES-D score)
 No 225 (42.7) 233 (72.4)
 Yes 78 (14.8) 81 (25.1)
 Missing (n)b 224 (42.5) 8 (2.5)
Household income at 10.5-year visit
 At or below poverty level 242 (45.9) 225 (69.9)
 Above poverty level 95 (18.0) 97 (30.1)
 Missing (n)b 190 (36.1) 0 (0.0)
Child characteristics
Child’s sex
 Boy 263 (49.9) 153 (47.5)
 Girl 264 (50.1) 169 (52.5)
Birth weight (grams) 3,440 (3,155–3,780) 3,437.5 (3,170–3,785)
Gestational age at delivery (wk) 39 (38–40) 39 (38–40)
Breastfeeding duration (months)
6 311 (59.0) 163 (50.6)
>6 205 (38.9) 159 (49.4)
 Missing 11 (2.1) 0 (0.0)
Age at assessment (y)
 7-y assessment 7.0 (7.0, 7.1)
Language of assessment
 English 106 (33.8)
 Spanish 208 (66.2)
HOME Score Assessment 0.1 (0.60.8)
 Missing (n)b

Note: —, no data; CES-D, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale; n, number of study participants; PPVT, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test.

a

At age 7, a total of 322 mothers and 314 youth completed at least one neurodevelopmental assessment.

b

Missing data for children followed-up were imputed with values collected on these variables at earlier or later time points for all analyses.