Table 5 |
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Average daily intake dietary nitrates, nitrites and total nitrites by reported maternal race/ethnicity |
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Unadjusted |
Adjustedb |
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Meana |
Median |
Range |
Meana |
Median |
Range |
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Nitrate |
mg/day |
mg/1000 calories/day |
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White non-Hispanic |
45.54 ± 34.72 |
37.02 |
3.01-638.44 |
31.97 ± 21.86 |
26.48 |
4.19-280.27 |
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Black non-Hispanic |
68.42 ± 65.62 |
48.41 |
5.39-692.23 |
42.09 ± 36.65 |
32.31 |
4.81-335.96 |
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Hispanic |
56.68 ± 43.23 |
45.29 |
2.51-382.06 |
29.23 ± 18.79 |
24.36 |
4.48-234.33 |
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Asian/Pacific Islander |
87.66 ± 79.36 |
64.03 |
8.03-556.12 |
54.61 ± 38.90 |
43.92 |
8.29-301.25 |
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Other |
60.42 ± 72.74 |
42.37 |
9.84-809.64 |
33.11 ± 22.08 |
27.83 |
7.37-175.05 |
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All women |
52.33 ± 45.60 |
40.84 |
2.51-809.64 |
33.21 ± 24.62 |
26.75 |
4.19-335.96 |
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Nitrite |
mg/day |
mg/1000 calories/day |
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White non-Hispanic |
1.55 ± 0.85 |
1.40 |
0.12-26.51 |
1.08 ± 0.35 |
1.04 |
0.15-3.25 |
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Black non-Hispanic |
1.91 ± 1.27 |
1.64 |
0.20-13.53 |
1.13 ± 0.41 |
1.08 |
0.26-2.69 |
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Hispanic |
2.30 ± 1.38 |
2.04 |
0.19-19.78 |
1.18 ± 0.37 |
1.15 |
0.23-3.41 |
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Asian/Pacific Islander |
2.10 ± 1.51 |
1.67 |
0.10-12.23 |
1.28 ± 0.46 |
1.22 |
0.34-2.79 |
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Other |
1.94 ± 1.73 |
1.55 |
0.36-18.59 |
1.06 ± 0.35 |
1.05 |
0.26-2.10 |
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All women |
1.78 ± 1.14 |
1.53 |
0.10-26.51 |
1.11 ± 0.37 |
1.07 |
0.15-3.41 |
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Total nitrite |
mg/day |
mg/1000 calories/day |
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White non-Hispanic |
3.83 ± 2.22 |
3.37 |
0.36-39.66 |
2.68 ± 1.22 |
2.45 |
0.36-15.65 |
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Black non-Hispanic |
5.34 ± 4.18 |
4.23 |
0.47-48.14 |
3.24 ± 2.03 |
2.76 |
0.56-18.58 |
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Hispanic |
5.13 ± 3.18 |
4.41 |
0.31-38.89 |
2.64 ± 1.09 |
2.49 |
0.45-13.08 |
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Asian/Pacific Islander |
6.48 ± 4.92 |
5.07 |
0.71-35.91 |
4.00 ± 2.12 |
3.45 |
0.82-17.24 |
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Other |
4.97 ± 5.11 |
3.84 |
1.12-59.07 |
2.71 ± 1.22 |
2.48 |
0.99-9.65 |
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All women |
4.41 ± 3.05 |
3.69 |
0.31-59.07 |
2.77 ± 1.37 |
2.51 |
0.35-18.58 |
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Nitrosamine |
μg/day |
μg/1000 calories/day |
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White non-Hispanic |
0.548 ± .315 |
0.487 |
0.017-7.304 |
0.380 ± 0.157 |
0.361 |
0.014-1.945 |
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Black non-Hispanic |
0.534 ± .396 |
0.448 |
0.029-3.187 |
0.315+0.210 |
0.280 |
0.031-2.556 |
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Hispanic |
0.531 ± .348 |
0.463 |
0.050-3.878 |
0.278 ± 0.122 |
0.262 |
0.052-1.273 |
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Asian/Pacific Islander |
0.501 ± .386 |
0.413 |
0.009-2.852 |
0.305 ± 0.137 |
0.289 |
0.043-0.815 |
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Other |
0.507 ± .373 |
0.427 |
0.066-.3444 |
0.283 ± 0.117 |
0.267 |
0.044-0.738 |
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All women |
0.541 ± .337 |
0.472 |
0.009-7.304 |
0.344 ± 0.162 |
0.322 |
0.014-2.556 |
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aMean value ± the standard deviation bAdjusted for daily caloric intake (values presented per 1000 calories consumed) |
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Griesenbeck et al. Environmental Health 2010 9:10 doi:10.1186/1476-069X-9-10 |
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