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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population

From: Perinatal exposure to ambient fine particle air pollution and risk of childhood ewing sarcoma in a population-based case-control study in California (1988–2015)

 

Cases (n = 388)

Controls (n = 19341)

p-value

Sex

N (%)

N (%)

0.03

 Male

220 (57)

9870 (51)

 

 Female

168 (43)

9471 (49)

 

Age at diagnosis (yrs)

  

-

 0–4

50 (13)

2464 (13)

 

 5–9

70 (18)

3527 (18)

 

 10–14

143 (37)

7133 (37)

 

 15–19

125 (32)

6217 (32)

 

Gestational age (weeks)

  

0.24

 32 to < 37

34 (9)

1659 (9)

 

 37 to < 39

84 (22)

4163 (22)

 

 39–41

238 (61)

11,418 (59)

 

 ≥ 42

31 (8)

1780 (9)

 

 Missing

1 (1)

321 (2)

 

Birth weight (grams)

Mean (SD*)

Mean (SD*)

0.02

 

3434 (577)

3363 (516)

 

Mode of delivery

   

 Vaginal

302 (78)

14,940 (77)

0.78

 Cesarean

86 (22)

4401 (23)

 

Race and ethnicity

  

< 0.01

 Non-Hispanic White

177 (46)

6484 (34)

 

 Non-Hispanic Black

1 (1)

1500 (8)

 

 Hispanic

179 (46)

9219 (48)

 

 Asian/Pacific Islander

29 (7)

1951 (10)

 

 Other

2 (1)

187 (1)

 

Mother’s educational attainment

  

0.09

 8th grade or less

33 (9)

2071 (11)

 

 9th − 12th grade

130 (34)

6797 (35)

 

 Some college or more

133 (34)

5570 (29)

 

 Unknown

92 (24)

4903 (25)

 
 

Mean (SD*)

Mean (SD*)

t-test p-value

Percent of block group with a college education or more

47.2 (20.3)

46.0 (20.9)

0.26

Percent of block group in poverty

25.1 (18.4)

27.3 (18.9)

0.02

Social Vulnerability Index percentile (total)

57.0 (29.4)

62.1 (27.7)

< 0.01

 SVI socio-economic domain percentile

55.5 (29.1)

59.8 (28.1)

< 0.01

 SVI Minority status and language percentile

55.8 (29.7)

60.6 (27.6)

< 0.01

  1. * SD: standard deviation