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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Feb 7.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Int. 2021 Apr 30;155:106587. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2021.106587

Table 1.

Participant characteristics.

Phenotype Lima (n = 148) Cerro de Pasco (n = 157) Total (n = 305) Lima EPIC (n = 59)# Cerro de Pasco EPIC (n = 28)# Total EPIC (n = 87)#
Age 24.83 ± 5.05 24.67 ± 4.96 24.75 ± 5.00 24.93 ± 5.14 23.82 ± 4.7 24.57 ± 5
%Female 52% 52% 52% 36% 36% 36%
Hb, g/dL* 13.74 ± 1.40 17.50 ±2.24 15.66 ± 2.66 14.11 ± 1.49 18.03 ± 1.65 15.37 ± 2.4
Height (cm)*! 159.80 ± 8.58 157.59 ± 8.08 158.67 ± 8.39 161.8 ± 7.38 158.93 ± 7.91 160.88 ± 7.63
Weight (kg)* 64.62 ± 11.07 59.46 ±7.93 61.96 ± 9.91 67.1 ± 10.34 60.38 ± 7.52 64.93 ± 9.99
BMI* 25.23 ± 3.43 23.98 ± 3.09 24.59 ± 3.32 25.6 ± 3.41 23.98 ± 3.27 25.08 ± 3.43
Education^ NA 2.79 ± 0.41 NA NA 2.79 ± 0.42 NA
WBLL, µg/dL* 2.03 ± 0.62 4.75 ± 1.53 3.43 ± 1.53 2.07 ± 0.66 5.18 ± 1.70 3.08 ± 1.83

Data and means ± SD

^

1 = primaria (primary school), 2 = secundaria (secondary school), 3 = Tec/Superior (higher education)

Hb, hemoglobin; BMI, body mass index; WBLL, whole blood lead level

#

participant characteristics for individuals analyzed for DNA methylation

*

p-value < 0.05 based on linear regression in R for the comparison of Lima versus Cerro de Pasco

!

p-value not significant in the subset of individuals analyzed for DNA methylation