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Table 1 Participant characteristics for the analytic sample (N = 113)

From: Epigenetics of early-life adversity in youth: cross-sectional and longitudinal associations

Characteristic

M (SD) or % (n)

Range

n

Age at baseline, years

12.2 (2.5)

8.0–17.0

113

Female sex

42.5 (48)

 

113

Race/ethnicity

113

 White

44.2 (50)

  

 Black

21.2 (24)

  

 Latino

11.5 (13)

  

 Asian

10.6 (12)

  

 Other

12.4 (14)

  

Family income-to-needs ratio, baseline

3.9 (2.8)

0.1–10.4

102

Family income-to-needs ratio, follow-up

3.7 (2.8)

0.1–10.4

107

Time between baseline and follow-up, years

1.7 (0.6)

0.8–3.2

113

Tobacco use, baseline

0.9 (1)

 

112

Tobacco use, follow-up

7.2 (8)

 

111

Early-life adversity

Lifetime experience of abuse, baseline

52.2 (59)

 

113

Lifetime experience of neglect, baseline

26.5 (30)

 

113

Lifetime threat composite, baseline

4.9 (3.7)

0–14

113

Lifetime deprivation composite, baseline

0.9 (1.1)

0–4

113

Experience of abuse during follow-up

31.0 (35)

 

113

Experience of neglect during follow-up

11.5 (13)

 

113

Threat composite during follow-up

2.6 (2.7)

0–12

113

Deprivation composite during follow-up

0.9 (1.1)

0–4

113

  1. M mean, SD standard deviation