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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neurotoxicology. 2009 Jan 21;30(3):338–349. doi: 10.1016/j.neuro.2009.01.005

Table 6.

Associations of recent postnatal exposure to MeHg with test outcomes measured at 107 months from the primary linear regression models.

Test Postnatal MeHg p-value Postnatal x sex p-value Female Slope Male Slope
WISC III FS IQ - 0.02 −0.48 (0.01) 0.14 (0.45)
B-0 Test of Motor Development – Total score −0.02(0.75) - - -
Beery-Buktenica VMI - Total score −0.12 (0.45) - - -
W-J Achievement Test – Letter- Word 0.85 (0.11) - - -
W J Achievement Test – Applied problems 0.11 (0.57) - - -
CBCL - Total score 0.05 (0.71) - - -
CTRS – ADHD index * 0.01 (< 0.0001) - - -
CVLT – Short delay recall 0.01 (0.62) - - -
CVLT – Long delay recall 0.01 (0.66) - - -
WRAML – Design memory subtest −0.08 (0.06) - - -
Trail Making – A * 0.003 (0.59) - - -
Trail Making – B * −0.001 (0.92) - - -
Grooved Pegboard – Preferred hand * 1.5E-6 (0.95) - - -
Grooved Pegboard – Non- preferred hand * - 0.003 <0.00001 (0.01) −0.00005 (0.10)
BNT – Total correct no cues −0.07 (0.25) - - -
Haptic free forms solid discrimination test – Total correct −0.03 (0.16) - - -
CCPT – Hit reaction time −0.01 (0.98) - - -
CCPT – Attentiveness 0.13 (0.36) - - -
CCPT – Risk taking - 0.03 1.04 (0.01) −0.12 (0.75)
Finger Tapping preferred hand −0.03 (0.63) - - -
Finger Tapping – non-preferred hand −0.01 (0.90) - - -

WISC III FS IQ = Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children II Full Scale IQ

B-O = Brunincks-Oseretsky

W-J = Woodcock Johnson

CTRS = Connor’s Teacher Rating Scale

CCPT = Connor’s Continuous Performance Task

WRAML = Wide Range Assessment of Memory and Learning

BNT – Boston Naming Test

CBCL = Child Behavior Checklist

CVLT = California Verbal Learning Test

*

= test score was transformed for analysis