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Table 4 Associations between non-transformed PCB exposure and birth weight

From: Prenatal polychlorinated biphenyl exposure is associated with decreased gestational length but not birth weight: archived samples from the Child Health and Development Studies pregnancy cohort

 

Unadjusted

Adjusted

Further adjusted forp,p′-DDE

 

bunadjusted 1

95%CI

badjusted 2

95% CI

b3adjusted

95%CI

PCB groupings

      

 PCBtotal

−4

(−33, 25)

11

(−15, 38)

16

(−15, 46)

 PCBmono

24

(−63, 110)

36

(−43, 115)

41

(−42, 125)

 PCBdi

−16

(−57, 26)

11

(−27, 49)

17

(−27, 60)

 PCBtri

77

(−219, 374)

162

(−115, 439)

215

(−96, 527)

 PCB1b

−26

(−508, 456)

243

(−210, 696)

341

(−180, 863)

 PCB2b

−26

(−124, 72)

34

(−56, 124)

47

(−54, 148)

 PCB3

−24

(−91, 42)

17

(−44, 79)

26

(−45, 98)

Individual PCBs

      

 PCB 66

22

(−204, 247)

27

(−176, 231)

31

(−177, 239)

 PCB 74

57

(−187, 302)

134

(−89, 356)

146

(−84, 376)

 PCB 99

−137

(−431, 158)

9

(−256, 275)

15

(−263, 294)

 PCB 118

51

(−117, 218)

55

(−98, 209)

62

(−99, 222)

 PCB 138

−16

(−136, 104)

52

(−58, 162)

68

(−55, 191)

 PCB 153

−61

(−187, 65)

20

(−95, 136)

29

(−102, 160)

 PCB 170

−245

(−719, 228)

56

(−379, 491)

86

(−401, 574)

 PCB 180

0.24

(−217, 218)

112

(−89, 313)

163

(−75, 400)

 PCB 187

−26

(−509, 456)

243

(−210, 696)

341

(−180, 863)

 PCB 194

23

(−1005, 1051)

311

(−669, 1292)

601

(−468, 1669)

 PCB 203

339

(−245, 924)

271

(−271, 812)

310

(−259, 878)

  1. 1Parameter estimate for non-transformed PCB measure (adjusted: laboratory, natural log-transformed serum triglycerides and cholesterol).
  2. 2Parameter estimate for non-transformed PCB measure (adjusted: maternal race, age, smoking status and BMI, infant sex, length of gestation (centered), quadratic length of gestation (centered), laboratory and natural log-transformed serum triglycerides and cholesterol).
  3. 3Parameter estimate for non-transformed PCB measure (adjusted: p,p′- DDE, maternal race, age, smoking status and BMI, infant sex, length of gestation (centered), quadratic length of gestation (centered), laboratory and natural log-transformed serum triglycerides and cholesterol).
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