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Table 1 Clinical and demographic characteristics of female FACHS subjects participating in the genome-wide methylation studies

From: The effect of smoking on DNA methylation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells from African American women

 

Smoker

Control

Age

48.1 ± 7

48.7 ± 11

BMI

31.1 ± 8

35.3 ± 7

Smoking status

50

61

Current average cigarettes/day

5 ± 8

 

*Smoker pack-years

  

   ≥ ½ and < 10

17

 

   ≥ 10 and < 20

7

 

   ≥ 20

7

 

CRP (mg/L)

5.02 ± 7.6

2.89 ± 3.2

IL6R (pg/mL)

227 ± 58

209 ± 56

  1. *Total number of smoking individuals does not match the number of individuals accounted for under pack-years due to missing data points.
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BMC Genomics

ISSN: 1471-2164

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