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Published in final edited form as: Neurotoxicology. 2007 Jun 16;28(5):924–930. doi: 10.1016/j.neuro.2007.06.002

Table 4.

Linear regression models for 15-year diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg) by sex. All covariates are continuous variables except maternal hypertension during pregnancy.

	Girls		Boys
Variable	Slope (SE)	p	Slope (SE)	p
MeHg (ppm)	0.05 (.10)	0.59	0.36 (.12)	0.003
Birth weight (kg)	−1.60 (.90)	0.08	−1.21 (1.00)	0.23
BMI (kg/m²)	0.55 (.10)	<0.001	0.63 (.16)	<0.001
Height (cm)	0.12 (.07)	0.08	0.11 (.07)	0.08
Maternal hypertension (yes)	4.11 (1.59)	0.01	−0.16 (1.82)	0.93
Age at testing (years)	1.45 (1.80)	0.42	1.38 (1.96)	0.48

MeHg=methylmercury, ppm=parts per million, BMI=body mass index