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. 2008 Jun 2;116(10):1411–1415. doi: 10.1289/ehp.11311

Table 4.

Adjusted ORsa (95% CIs) for cleft lip during the first 3 months of pregnancy in single- and three-pollutant models.

Pollutant Single-pollutant model Three-pollutant model 1 (O3 + CO + SO2) Three-pollutant model 2 (O3 + NOx + SO2) Three-pollutant model 3 (O3 + CO + PM10) Three-pollutant model 4 (O3 + NOx + PM10)
O3 (10 ppb)
 1st month 1.17 (1.01–1.36) 1.20 (1.02–1.40) 1.20 (1.02–1.39) 1.20 (1.01–1.41) 1.18 (1.00–1.39)
 2nd month 1.22 (1.03–1.46) 1.21 (1.03–1.42) 1.28 (1.06–1.56) 1.25 (1.04–1.51) 1.25 (1.03–1.52)
 3rd month 1.09 (0.93–1.26) 1.12 (0.96–1.31) 1.12 (0.96–1.31) 1.11 (0.94–1.30) 1.09 (0.92–1.29)
CO (100 ppb)
 1st month 1.00 (0.96–1.04) 1.01 (0.97–1.04) 1.01 (0.97–1.05)
 2nd month 1.00 (0.96–1.03) 1.00 (0.97–1.04) 1.01 (0.97–1.05)
 3rd month 1.00 (0.96–1.03) 1.00 (0.97–1.04) 1.00 (0.96–1.04)
NOx (10 ppb)
 1st month 0.95 (0.81–1.12) 0.97 (0.81–1.15) 0.95 (0.78–1.15)
 2nd month 0.96 (0.81–1.13) 1.06 (0.88–1.28) 1.03 (0.84–1.26)
 3rd month 0.93 (0.79–1.09) 0.99 (0.83–1.18) 0.95 (0.78–1.15)
SO2 (10 ppb)
 1st month 0.92 (0.63–1.35) 0.82 (0.55–1.22) 0.85 (0.55–1.31)
 2nd month 0.84 (0.57–1.25) 0.74 (0.49–1.12) 0.70 (0.44–1.11)
 3rd month 0.72 (0.47–1.08) 0.67 (0.44–1.03) 0.68 (0.43–1.07)
PM10 (10 μg/m3)
 1st month 1.01 (0.96–1.06) 0.99 (0.94–1.04) 1.00 (0.94–1.06)
 2nd month 1.00 (0.95–1.05) 0.99 (0.94–1.04) 0.98 (0.92–1.05)
 3rd month 0.99 (0.95–1.05) 0.98 (0.93–1.04) 1.00 (0.93–1.06)
a

Logistic regression analysis adjusting for maternal age, plurality, gestational age, population density, and season of conception.