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Table 1 Study population demographics according to CYP19A1 and PPARG methylation (%)

From: CYP19A1 promoter methylation in saliva associated with milestones of pubertal timing in urban girls

 

CYP19A1methylation (%)

PPARGmethylation (%)

Characteristic

N

Mean (SD)

p

N

Mean (SD)

p

Overall

125

88.84 (3.45)

-

129

10.45 (2.14)

-

Child ethnicity

      

 Hispanic*

100

89.06 (3.39)

0.75**

102

10.51 (2.18)

0.28**

 Not hispanic

25

87.96 (3.59)

 

27

10.21 (2.00)

 

Child race

      

 Black*

44

88.48 (3.39)

0.39

45

10.45 (2.36)

0.98

 Not black

81

89.03 (3.48)

 

84

10.44 (2.02)

 

Caregiver education

      

 ≤High school

75

89.12 (3.58)

0.34

78

10.37 (2.17)

0.93

 >High school

45

88.49 (3.31)

 

46

10.40 (2.14)

 

Baseline BMI

      

 <85 th

76

88.80 (3.53)

0.88

79

10.47 (2.06)

0.86

 ≥85 th

49

88.89 (3.37)

 

50

10.4 (2.28)

 
  1. *includes 19 individuals who are self- identified as Black Hispanics.
  2. **p for the nonparametric Mann Whitney U test.