Table 4:
Covariate-adjusted associations between prenatal arsenic exposure in drinking water and perinatal outcomes in the ECHO-wide Cohort Study, using multivariable mixed models.
Birth weight Est. (95% CI) |
Gestational age Est. (95% CI) |
Preterm birth OR (95% CI) |
SGA OR (95% CI) |
LGA OR (95% CI) |
|
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Binary Model | |||||
Unexposed | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
Exposed | 34.71 (−18.92, 88.34) | −0.02 (−0.20, 0.17) | 0.95 (0.65, 1.39) | 0.80 (0.54, 1.18) | 1.15 (0.91, 1.47) |
Count Model | |||||
Unexposed | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
1-3 Windows | 5.40 (−57.35, 68.15) | −0.09 (−0.31, 0.13) | 0.95 (0.60, 1.50) | 0.88 (0.53, 1.46) | 1.16 (0.86, 1.57) |
4 Windows | 88.84 (8.22, 169.46) | 0.11 (−0.17, 0.39) | 0.95 (0.56, 1.63) | 0.72 (0.42, 1.23) | 1.15 (0.81, 1.63) |
Abbreviations: SGA: small for gestational age; LGA: large for gestational age; Est.: estimate; CI: confidence interval; OR: odds ratio.
Note: Models adjusted for maternal age at birth (scaled), year of birth (scaled), infant sex, maternal race, maternal ethnicity, pre-pregnancy BMI, any tobacco or nicotine use, maternal education, gestational diabetes, and gestational hypertension. Estimates in bold are statistically significant.