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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neurotoxicology. 2008 Mar 2;29(3):453–459. doi: 10.1016/j.neuro.2008.02.009

Table 3.

Reproduction Task Score Regression Analyses Results


Linear Model with Outliner
(n=501)
Linear Model Outlier Removed
(n=500)
R2 = 0.08 p = 0.0015 R2 = 0.09 p = 0.0007

Parameter Estimate Regression Coefficient SE p-value Regression Coefficient SE p-value
Prenatal MeHg −0.03 0.01 0.04 −0.03 0.01 0.07
Postnatal MeHg 0.01 0.02 0.46 0.009 0.02 0.66
Sex (Female) 0.08 0.07 0.23 0.09 0.06 0.19
Sex (Male) −0.08 0.07 0.23 −0.09 0.06 0.19
Child’s medical history
 Negative −0.11 0.09 0.22 −0.08 0.09 0.35
 Positive 0.11 0.09 0.22 0.08 0.09 0.35
Child’s age at testing 1.04 0.37 0.005 1.13 0.37 0.002
Maternal age −0.01 0.01 0.38 −0.01 0.01 0.25
Family Resource Scale 0.0002 0.003 0.96 0.0007 0.003 0.83
HELPS −0.0002 0.008 0.98 0.0005 0.008 0.95
Maternal IQ (K-Bit) 0.003 0.005 0.58 0.003 0.005 0.58
Hearing level
 Normal (≤25) 0.33 0.15 0.03 0.33 0.15 0.03
 Borderline or Abnormal (>25) −0.33 0.15 0.03 −0.33 0.15 0.03
HOME [P for overall test] 0.07 0.06
 Low −0.03 0.10 0.75 −0.04 0.10 0.70
 Medium 0.20 0.09 0.03 0.21 0.09 0.02
 High −0.17 0.10 0.08 −0.17 0.10 0.08
SES [P for overall test] 0.03 0.03
 Unskilled −0.28 0.12 0.02 −0.29 0.12 0.01
 Semiskilled 0.10 0.11 0.36 0.11 0.11 0.33
 Skilled −0.11 0.13 0.38 −0.10 0.12 0.42
 Professional 0.29 0.16 0.06 0.28 0.15 0.07
Family Status [P for overall test] 0.15 0.16
 No Biological parents −0.26 0.14 0.06 −0.25 0.14 0.07
 One Biological parent −0.19 0.14 0.17 −0.19 0.14 0.15
 Two Biological parents 0.45 0.24 0.06 0.44 0.23 0.06
Tester [P for overall test] 0.02 0.01
 Tester 1 0.26 0.09 0.005 0.27 0.09 0.004
 Tester 2 −0.13 0.10 0.17 −0.13 0.10 0.19
 Tester 3 −0.13 0.09 0.14 −0.15 0.09 0.10