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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Res. 2019 Dec 14;182:109044. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2019.109044

Table 2.

Maternal and Child Characteristics by Sex (N=1,334 mother-child pairs)

All Children Boys (N=701) Girls (N=633)

Maternal or Child Characteristic Mean SD Min Max Mean SD Min Max Mean SD Min Max pc
Mother Age [years] 31 5 18 45 31 5 18 45 31 5 18 45 0.90
Weight [kg] 69 13 42 147 69 13 45 147 69 1 42 121 0.86
Parity [count] 1.8 1 1 10 1.8 1 1 6 1.8 1 1 10 0.67
Serum Cotinine [ng/mL]a 0.2 26 0 366 0.2 27 0 339 0.3 26 0 366 0.37
Prenatal Sample Collection [weeks] 10 2 4 27 10 2 4 27 10 2 4 18 0.54
Prenatal PFOAa [ng/mL] 1.6 1.8 0.2 21.2 1.6 1.7 0.2 13.4 1.6 1.8 0.3 21.2 0.48
Child Birth Weight [g] 3,617 551 960 5695 3659 571 960 5480 3570 524 1650 5695 <0.01
Gestational Age (weeks) 39 2 28 43 39 2 28 43 40 2 29 43 0.22
Postnatal Weight Observations [N]b 12 2 8 15 12 2 8 15 12 2 8 15 0.20
a

Geometric mean and standard deviation reported

b

Number of weight observations available for each child

c

p-value based on t-test for differences between sexes