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. 2006 Dec 14;115(3):323–327. doi: 10.1289/ehp.9738

Table 2.

Mercury effects on neurobehavioral tests at 7 and 14 years of age, as determined in structural equation analysis with covariate adjustment that includes maternal fish intake during pregnancy at different levels of precision (indicated by the reliability ratio).

7 Years
14 Years
Motor function
Motor function
Spatial function
Precision of fish nutrient intake (%) Mercury effecta p-Value Mercury effect p-Value Mercury effect p-Value
100 −12.2 0.0092 −9.37 0.0082 1.04 0.78
68 −13.7 0.0048 −10.7 0.0036 0.088 0.96
43 −17.0 0.0017 −13.6 0.0009 −1.57 0.73
27 −23.7 0.0006 −20.1 0.0003 −4.18 0.51
a

Effect of true exposure doubling expressed in percent of SD of latent response.