Table 3.
Mercury effects on neurobehavioral tests at 7 and 14 years of age, as determined in structural equation analysis with covariate adjustment before and after addition of the frequency of maternal fish dinners during pregnancy (Budtz-Jørgensen et al., 2007).
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| Age/test group | Effect | p-Vaue | Effect | p-Value | Effect | p-value |
| 7 years | ||||||
| Motor | −9.74 | 0.034 | 25.1 | 0.010 | −12.2 | 0.0092 |
| Verbal | −10.4 | 0.0018 | 3.62 | 0.61 | −10.8 | 0.0017 |
| 14 years | ||||||
| Motor | −7.41 | 0.033 | 19.9 | 0.006 | −9.37 | 0.0082 |
| Attention | −8.40 | 0.029 | 12.2 | 0.13 | −9.54 | 0.016 |
| Spatial | 2.60 | 0.50 | 17.3 | 0.031 | 1.04 | 0.79 |
| Verbal | −5.97 | 0.080 | 9.85 | 0.16 | −6.87 | 0.049 |
| Memory | −2.86 | 0.39 | 3.15 | 0.64 | −3.05 | 0.37 |