Table 1.
Demographic and exposure characteristics of study children and mothers (N = 51).
| Children | |
|---|---|
| Age, years | 4.15±0.54 |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 14.39±1.89 |
| WAZ | −1.32 (−1.98, −0.84)) |
| HAZ | −1.11(−2.32, −0.35) |
| BAZ | −0.73(−1.29, −0.19) |
| Underweight, n (%) | 12 (23.5%) |
| Stunted, n (%) | 15 (29.4%) |
| Mothers | |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 20.88±3.36 |
| Age, years | 23.67±5.68 |
| Mothers’ education, n (%) | |
| Illiterate | 7 (13.73%) |
| Primary | 5 (9.80%) |
| High school | 33 (64.71%) |
| Graduate | 6 (11.76%) |
| Arsenic concentrations | |
| Water-As, μg/L, median | 43.0 (5.0, 66.0) |
| All children, μg/g, median | 39.0 (16.0, 102.0) |
| Boys U-As, μg/g | 37.0 (24.0, 111.0) |
| Girls U-As, μg/g | 45.0 (16.0, 80.0) |
| Mother U-Asconcurrent μg/g | 114.3 (44.0, 141.5) |
| Mother U-Aspast μg/g | 197.1 (81.9, 299.5) |
Note. BMI body mass index; WAZ, weight-for-age Z-scores; HAZ, height-for-age Z-scores; BAZ, body-mass-index-for-age Z-scores; U-As, urinary arsenic; HHW-As, household water arsenic.
Data are given as mean± standard deviation or in numbers with percentage in brackets; data for anthropometric indices and urinary arsenic are given as median with inter-quartile range within brackets.