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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2021 Apr 14;30(8):1480–1488. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-20-1456

Table 1.

Distribution of study characteristics among three CHDS generations: grandmothers (F0), daughters (F1) and granddaughters (F2)

Grandmothers (F0), n=258 Daughters (F1), n=258 Granddaughters (F2), n=258


Percentile Percentile Percentile
Study variable Mean (SD) 25th 50th 75th Mean (SD) 25th 50th 75th Mean (SD) 25th 50th 75th

Year of Birth 1936 (6.6) 1931 1937 1941 1962 (1.8) 1961 1962 1964 1989 (3.6) 1987 1990 1993
Year of Interview 1962 (1.8) 1961 1962 1964 2011 (0.7) 2011 2012 2012 2013 (0.0) 2013 2013 2013
Age (years) 26 (6.0) 22 25 31 49 (2.0) 48 49 51 26 (4.4) 22 26 29
Weight (kg) 62.9 (14.0) 53.7 59.3 69.0 70.8 (16.4) 59.0 65.8 77.1 76.9 (23.4) 61.0 70.05 89.0
Height (m) 1.62 (0.07) 1.57 1.63 1.68 1.66 (0.07) 1.60 1.65 1.70 1.66 (0.07) 1.62 1.66 1.71
Body Mass Index (kg/m2) 23.9 (5.1) 20.9 22.5 25.6 25.8 (5.6) 22.0 23.9 29.2 28.0 (8.4) 21.8 25.1 32.9
Age at menarche (years) 12.7 (1.4) 12 13 13 12.8 (1.8) 12 13 14 12.4 (1.6) 11 12 13
Parity 1.8 (2.0) 0 1 3 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
Year of blood draw 1962 (1.8) 1961 1962 1964 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
p,p’-DDT (ng/mL) 14.5 (10.4) 7.1 11.6 19.8 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
o,p’-DDT (ng/mL) 0.66 (0.67) 0.24 0.45 0.86 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
p,p’-DDE (ng/mL) 48.5 (23.8) 31.6 43.4 60.4 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
N (%) N (%) N (%)



Race
 African American 78 (30%) 84 (33%) 73 (33%)1
 Asian 6 ( 3%) 4 ( 2%) 12 ( 5%)1
 Hispanic 13 ( 5%) 17 ( 6%) 17 ( 8%)1
 White 153 (59%) 146 (56%) 117 (53%)1
 Other/Mixed 8 ( 3%) 7 ( 3%) 3 ( 1%)1
Education
 <High School 53 (22%)2 12 ( 4%) 13 ( 6%)3
 High School 89 (37%)2 31 (12%) 48 (22%)3
 Some College 52 (22%)2 105 (41%) 115 (54%)3
 ≥College 44 (19%)2 110 (43%) 38 (18%)3
BMI
 <25kg/m2 182 (71%) 153 (59%) 129 (50%)
 ≥25 --<30kg/m2 52 (20%) 47 (18%) 47 (18%)
 ≥30kg/m2 24 ( 9%) 58 (23%) 82 (32%)
1

F2 missing on race, n=36.

2

F0 missing on education, n=20.

3

F2 missing on education, n=44.