Influence of In Utero Maternal and Neonate Factors on Cord Blood Leukocyte Telomere Length: Clues to the Racial Disparity in Prostate Cancer?

Table 1

Maternal and neonate factors by race, males in the hormones in umbilical cord blood study.

	Black	White	value
	38	38
Maternal factors
Mean age (years)	24	29	0.005
Mean parity	1.3	0.6	0.03
Neonate factors
Mean birth weight (g)	3,207.2	3,470.4	0.004
Mean placental weight (g)	640.9	701.7	0.05