Table 1

Exposure data and demographic characteristics of the groups (means, SDs, medians, interquartile ranges)

Exposed n=154Controls n=124
VariablesMeanSDMedianRangeMeanSDMedianRange
Age (y)39.39.639.031.0–48.040.59.539.532.0–48.0
Education (y9.31.29.09.0–10.09.11.49.0 8.0–10.0
Employment (y)15.39.711.97.5–23.314.58.610.5 7.5–19.8
Long term exposure, LWAE (ppm)45.116.441.434.2–57.99.37.66.2 5.8–10.6
Current exposure (ppm)24.717.620.111.1–34.53.34.81.9 1.3–2.9