Table 1 Demographic characteristics and biomarkers of the study population.
Participants with georeferenced location (n) | 190 |
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Maternal Characteristics | |
Age (years, mean ± SD) | 28.1 ± 5.1 |
Parity (previous pregnancies, mean ± SD) | 1.9 ± 1.1 |
Occupation, n (%) | |
Housewife | 90 (47.4%) |
Employed | 99 (52.1%) |
Non reported | 1 (0.5%) |
Self-reported secondhand smoke exposure, n (%) | |
Yes | 93 (49%) |
No | 95 (50%) |
Non reported | 2 (1%) |
Positive urine cotinine test for active tobacco smoke exposure | None |
Neonate anthropometry | |
Gestational age (weeks, mean ± SD) | 38.9 ± 1.2 |
Weight (grams, mean ± SD) | 3127 ± 439.4 |
Length (centimeters, mean ± SD) | 49.9 ± 1.2 |
APGAR 5 min (mean ± SD) | 8.9 ± 0.3 |
Sex, n (%) | |
Female | 92 (48.42%) |
Male | 95 (50.0%) |
Non reported | 3 (2%) |
Biomarkers (n) | 136 |
PAH-DNA adducts/108 nucleotides | |
Maternal blood (median ± IQR) | 0.98 [0.44, 1.54] |
Cord Blood (median ± IQR) | 1.02a [0.58, 1.89] |
Cord blood/Maternal blood adduct Ratio (CMR), n (%) | |
CMR > 1 | 82 (60.30%) |
CMR ≤ 1 | 54 (39.70%) |
Spearman correlation (rho coefficient, p-value) | |
Maternal vs Cord Blood adducts | 0.56 < 0.0001 |
