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Table 3 Fecundability ratios according to plasma PFOS and PFOA by parity

From: Perfluoroalkyl acids and time to pregnancy revisited: An update from the Danish National Birth Cohort

  

Sample 1

Sample 2

Pooled analysis

 
  

Crude FR

Adjusteda FR

95 % CI

Crude FR

Adjusteda FR

95 % CI

Crude FR

Adjustedb FR

95 % CI

PFOS

          

N

Q1

1.00

1.00

 

1.00

1.00

 

1.00

1.00

 
 

Q2

1.16

1.16

0.77 - 1.75

0.97

0.89

0.68 - 1.17

1.02

0.98

0.78 - 1.23

 

Q3

1.07

1.01

0.65 - 1.57

0.80

0.68

0.52 - 0.91

0.87

0.78

0.62 – 1.00

 

Q4

0.98

0.97

0.62 - 1.51

0.79

0.69

0.53 - 0.91

0.84

0.79

0.63 – 0.99

 

Log

1.06

1.02

0.72 – 1.44

0.75

0.62

0.47 – 0.83

0.86

0.78

0.63 – 0.97

P

Q1

1.00

1.00

 

1.00

1.00

 

1.00

1.00

 
 

Q2

0.91

1.04

0.69 - 1.55

0.86

0.88

0.69 - 1.12

0.88

0.92

0.75 - 1.14

 

Q3

0.95

1.05

0.69 - 1.60

0.71

0.72

0.56 – 0.94

0.77

0.80

0.65 – 0.99

 

Q4

0.89

1.04

0.70 - 1.55

0.84

0.90

0.70 - 1.14

0.85

0.93

0.76 - 1.15

 

Log

0.82

0.91

0.63 – 1.30

0.79

0.85

0.66 – 1.09

0.77

0.86

0.70 – 1.06

PFOA

          

N

Q1

1.00

1.00

 

1.00

1.00

 

1.00

1.00

 
 

Q2

0.88

0.82

0.53 – 1.26

1.09

0.93

0.71 - 1.23

1.03

0.90

0.71 - 1.13

 

Q3

1.15

1.11

0.73 – 1.69

0.94

0.80

0.71 - 1.07

0.99

0.90

0.71 - 1.13

 

Q4

0.98

0.99

0.64 – 1.54

0.82

0.74

0.56 - 0.98

0.86

0.82

0.65 - 1.04

 

Log

1.23

1.26

0.86 – 1.85

0.73

0.67

0.51 – 0.88

0.87

0.84

0.67 – 1.05

P

Q1

1.00

1.00

 

1.00

1.00

 

1.00

1.00

 
 

Q2

1.19

1.30

0.86 – 1.98

0.78

0.76

0.59 - 0.96

0.85

0.86

0.70 – 1.06

 

Q3

0.93

0.96

0.66 - 1.41

0.69

0.71

0.56 – 0.90

0.74

0.78

0.63 - 0.94

 

Q4

0.70

0.74

0.48 - 1.13

0.76

0.78

0.61 – 0.99

0.74

0.76

0.61 – 0.94

 

Log

0.64

0.66

0.46 – 0.95

0.74

0.76

0.61 – 0.93

0.68

0.72

0.61 – 0.87

  1. aAdjusted for age, socio-economic status, and body mass index. bAdditionally adjusted for sample
  2. Abbreviations: Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), perfluorooctanoate (PFOA), nulliparous women (N), parous women (P), quartile (Q), log-transformed continuous exposure levels (Log), fecundability ratio (FR), 95 % confidence interval (95 % CI)