Table 5.
Weights of each PFAS in Bayesian Weighted Sums analysis of selected prenatal natural log-transformed PFAS () and risk of adverse birth outcomes in 11 selected ECHO cohorts.
Birthweight-for-gestational-age -scores | Small-for-gestational-agea | Large-for-gestational-agea | Preterm birth | Term low birth weight | Gestational age at birth (weeks) | |||||||
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Categories | Weights | 95% HPD | Weights | 95% HPD | Weights | 95% HPD | Weights | 95% HPD | Weights | 95% HPD | Weights | 95% HPD |
Summed effect | ||||||||||||
PFOA | 0.15 | (0.00, 0.38) | 0.20 | (0.00, 0.51) | 0.13 | (0.00, 0.35) | 0.22 | (0.00, 0.57) | 0.24 | (0.00, 0.58) | 0.26 | (0.00, 0.61) |
PFOS | 0.12 | (0.00, 0.34) | 0.21 | (0.00, 0.55) | 0.11 | (0.00, 0.30) | 0.19 | (0.00, 0.49) | 0.16 | (0.00, 0.42) | 0.20 | (0.00, 0.51) |
PFNA | 0.22 | (0.00, 0.52) | 0.20 | (0.00, 0.53) | 0.23 | (0.00, 0.55) | 0.22 | (0.00, 0.55) | 0.18 | (0.00, 0.46) | 0.20 | (0.00, 0.53) |
PFHxS | 0.10 | (0.00, 0.27) | 0.20 | (0.00, 0.53) | 0.14 | (0.00, 0.37) | 0.16 | (0.00, 0.45) | 0.13 | (0.00, 0.37) | 0.14 | (0.00, 0.40) |
PFDA | 0.40 | (0.02, 0.71) | 0.20 | (0.00, 0.52) | 0.40 | (0.03, 0.74) | 0.20 | (0.00, 0.50) | 0.29 | (0.00, 0.62) | 0.20 | (0.00, 0.51) |
Low PSS | ||||||||||||
PFOA | 0.14 | (0.00, 0.39) | 0.17 | (0.00, 0.47) | 0.18 | (0.00, 0.46) | 0.19 | (0.00, 0.50) | 0.20 | (0.00, 0.52) | 0.19 | (0.00, 0.49) |
PFOS | 0.13 | (0.00, 0.36) | 0.21 | (0.00, 0.56) | 0.13 | (0.00, 0.37) | 0.19 | (0.00, 0.51) | 0.18 | (0.00, 0.47) | 0.18 | (0.00, 0.49) |
PFNA | 0.30 | (0.00, 0.63) | 0.22 | (0.00, 0.57) | 0.19 | (0.00, 0.47) | 0.24 | (0.00, 0.57) | 0.22 | (0.00, 0.54) | 0.22 | (0.00, 0.55) |
PFHxS | 0.18 | (0.00, 0.44) | 0.20 | (0.00, 0.52) | 0.27 | (0.00, 0.58) | 0.20 | (0.00, 0.51) | 0.19 | (0.00, 0.49) | 0.17 | (0.00, 0.47) |
PFDA | 0.24 | (0.00, 0.54) | 0.19 | (0.00, 0.50) | 0.22 | (0.00, 0.53) | 0.18 | (0.00, 0.47) | 0.21 | (0.00, 0.52) | 0.24 | (0.00, 0.58) |
High PSS | ||||||||||||
PFOA | 0.22 | (0.00, 0.56) | 0.17 | (0.00, 0.49) | 0.21 | (0.00, 0.53) | 0.24 | (0.00, 0.57) | 0.22 | (0.00, 0.54) | 0.23 | (0.00, 0.60) |
PFOS | 0.17 | (0.00, 0.47) | 0.24 | (0.00, 0.60) | 0.18 | (0.00, 0.49) | 0.19 | (0.00, 0.50) | 0.16 | (0.00, 0.44) | 0.20 | (0.00, 0.53) |
PFNA | 0.19 | (0.00, 0.50) | 0.20 | (0.00, 0.52) | 0.22 | (0.00, 0.56) | 0.21 | (0.00, 0.53) | 0.17 | (0.00, 0.46) | 0.19 | (0.00, 0.51) |
PFHxS | 0.22 | (0.00, 0.54) | 0.19 | (0.00, 0.54) | 0.19 | (0.00, 0.50) | 0.17 | (0.00, 0.48) | 0.14 | (0.00, 0.38) | 0.19 | (0.00, 0.52) |
PFDA | 0.21 | (0.00, 0.53) | 0.20 | (0.00, 0.53) | 0.20 | (0.00, 0.51) | 0.20 | (0.00, 0.51) | 0.31 | (0.00, 0.67) | 0.19 | (0.00, 0.51) |
Note: Model was adjusted for cohort, maternal race/ethnicity (Hispanic, non-Hispanic White, Black, Asian, other), for maternal educational attainment (, high school degree/GED, some college, Bachelor’s degree or higher), maternal age at delivery (, 25–29, 30–34, years), parity (0, ). RDs and ORs represent 1 log unit increase in PFAS concentrations () and are presented with 95% HDP. ECHO, Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes; GED, General Educational Development; HDP, highest posterior density; OR, odds ratio; PFAS, per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances; PFDA, perfluorodecanoic acid; PFHxS, perfluorohexane sulfonic acid; PFNA, perfluorononanoic acid; PFOA, perfluorooctanoic acid; PFOS, perfluorooctanesulfonic acid; RD, risk difference.
Appropriate-for-gestational-age is the referent from both small- and large-for-gestational age estimates.