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Table 1 General characteristics of study population

From: Blood cadmium and volume of uterine fibroids in premenopausal women

Variables

All subjects (N = 288)

Women with uterine fibroids (N = 46)

Women without uterine fibroids (N = 242)

P

 

Number (%)

Number (%)

Number (%)

 

Age

 <40 years old

218 (75.7)

25 (54.4)

193 (79.8)

<0.001

 ≥40 years old

70 (24.3)

21 (45.7)

49 (20.3)

Education

 ≤High school

92 (31.9)

18 (39.1)

74 (30.6)

0.333

 ≥University

196 (68.1)

28 (60.9)

168 (69.4)

Income/monthly

 <4,000,000

156 (54.4)

26 (56.5)

130 (53.9)

0.873

 ≥4,000,000

131 (45.6)

20 (43.5)

111 (46.1)

Marital status

 Married/living with partner

282 (98.3)

44 (95.7)

238 (98.8)

0.390

 Not married/divorced

5 (1.7)

2 (4.4)

3 (1.2)

Body mass index

 Non-obesity (<25 kg/m2)

245 (85.1)

38 (82.6)

207 (85.5)

0.776

 Obesity (≥25 kg/m2)

43 (14.9)

8 (17.4)

35 (14.5)

Hemoglobin

 Anemia (<12 g/dL)

263 (91.3)

39 (84.8)

224 (92.6)

0.152

 Non-anemia (≥12 g/dL)

25 (8.7)

7 (15.2)

18 (7.4)

Serum cotinine

 No exposure (<10 ng/ml)

268 (93.1)

41 (89.1)

227 (93.8)

0.409

 Passive/Active/Heavy smoking (≥10 ng/ml)

20 (6.9)

5 (10.9)

15 (6.2)

Gravidity

 No pregnancies

7 (2.4)

1 (2.2)

6 (2.5)

0.269

 1 pregnancy

58 (20.1)

9 (19.6)

49 (20.3)

 2 pregnancies

132 (45.8)

16 (34.8)

116 (47.9)

 3 or more pregnancies

91 (31.6)

20 (43.5)

71 (29.3)

Oral contraceptive pill use (ever)

 Yes

220 (76.4)

39 (84.8)

181 (74.8)

0.203

 No

68 (23.6)

7 (15.2)

61 (25.2)