Table 1

Sociodemographic and genetic characteristics of 97 women from Pabna, Bangladesh


%
N

Marital status


     Married
82.5
80
     Married
8.3
8
     Widowed
9.3
9
Education


     Illiterate
15.5
15
     Able to write
39.2
38
     Primary
16.5
16
     Secondary
17.5
17
     Higher 2nd
9.3
9
     College/graduate
2.1
2
Smokers in the household
51.6
50
Chew betel nuts
28.9
28
hOGG1 Ser326Cys


     Cys/cys
13.8
13
     Cys/ser
44.7
42
     Ser/ser
41.5
39
APE1 Asp148Glu


     Glu/glu
4.2
4
     Asp/glu
32.6
31
     Asp/asp
63.2
60
GSTM1


     Null
27.8
27
     Positive
72.2
70

Breton et al. Environmental Health 2007 6:39   doi:10.1186/1476-069X-6-39