| |
Total n
|
Ate fish (%)
|
Mean ounces of fish consumed in last month of pregnancy (+/- SD)
|
MeHg concentration in cord blood ≥5 μg/L
|
|---|
|
Total
|
100
|
86.0 (86)
|
19.8 (3.7)
|
44.0 (44)
|
|
Race**
| | | | |
|
Hispanic
|
18
|
88.9 (16)
|
18.8 (15.0)
|
33.3 (6)
|
|
Caucasian
|
42
|
88.1 (37)
|
18.3 (18.8)
|
42.9 (18)
|
|
Japanese
|
23
|
91.3 (21)
|
9.6 (7.4)
|
56.5 (13)
|
|
Chinese
|
23
|
82.6 (19)
|
16.2 (20.0)
|
34.8 (8)
|
|
Filipino
|
32
|
75.0 (24)*
|
13.7 (15.0)
|
28.1 (9)*
|
|
Pacific Islander¶
|
48
|
87.5 (42)
|
25.7 (34.8)*
|
43.8 (21)
|
|
Birthplace
| | | | |
|
United States
|
65
|
81.5 (53)
|
17.4 (20.7)
|
38.5 (25)
|
|
Outside of United States
|
34
|
94.1 (32)
|
23.5 (37.9)
|
52.9 (18)
|
|
Income
| | | | |
|
Less than $22,000
|
20
|
95.0 (19)*
|
38.0 (47.7)*
|
50.0 (10)
|
|
$22,000–$47,600
|
21
|
71.4 (15)
|
12.2 (18.5)
|
38.1 (8)
|
|
$47,600–$80,100
|
22
|
86.4 (19)
|
22.5 (23.0)
|
36.4 (8)
|
|
Greater than $80,100
|
19
|
89.5 (17)
|
13.3 (11.1)
|
47.4 (9)
|
|
Missing
|
18
|
88.9 (16)
|
11.9 (13.3)
|
50.0 (9)
|
|
Highest education level achieved
| | |
|
Less than high school
|
9
|
88.9 (8)
|
32.8 (35.8)
|
55.6 (5)
|
|
High school diploma
|
39
|
84.6 (33)
|
22.8 (36.2)
|
46.2 (18)
|
|
Any college
|
52
|
86.5 (45)
|
15.2 (16.1)
|
40.4 (21)
|
|
Mother’s age
| | | | |
|
Less than 23 years
|
27
|
77.8 (21)
|
18.3 (21.9)
|
33.3 (9)
|
|
23 – 27.5 years
|
23
|
87.0 (20)
|
24.7 (31.7)
|
47.8 (11)
|
|
27.5 – 33 years
|
26
|
92.3 (24)
|
19.0 (35.6)
|
38.5 (10)
|
|
Over 33 years
|
24
|
87.5 (21)
|
17.6 (20.2)
|
58.3 (14)
|
- *p < .05.
- **Numbers add up to more than 100 because women could identify with more than one racial group (n = 54).
- ¶Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian, Samoan, Tongan, and Micronesian.
