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. 2010 Feb 4;56(2):119–126. doi: 10.1159/000275918

Table 4.

Effect of personal prenatal exposure to PM2.5 (in tertiles) on the birth weight of newborns adjusted for potential confounders according to the level of fish consumption during pregnancy (in tertiles)

Predictors Coefficient p-level 95% confidence interval
Low fish intake (<91 g/week)
 Maternal age −1.60 0.867 −20.54 17.33
 Maternal education 17.26 0.121 −4.61 39.14
 Maternal height 10.79 0.051 −0.06 21.64
 Maternal prepregnancy weight 7.61 0.070 −0.631 15.84
 Parity 74.19 0.175 −33.45 181.84
 Gestational age 168.29 0.000 138.29 198.29
 Female child −186.21 0.001 −296.40 −76.02
 PM2.5 <27.0 μg/m3 1.00
 PM2.5 27.0–46.29 μg/m3 −39.04 0.567 −173.23 95.15
 PM2.5 >46.29 μg/m3 −133.26 0.052 −267.41 0.89
 Intercept −5,507.14 0.00 −7,677.71 −3,336.58
Medium fish intake (91–205 g/week)
 Maternal age 1.98 0.827 −15.81 19.76
 Maternal education −2.68 0.812 −24.88 19.53
 Maternal height 11.43 0.039 0.59 22.26
 Maternal prepregnancy weight 14.07 0.000 8.17 19.97
 Parity 98.10 0.050 −0.01 196.21
 Gestational age 164.32 0.000 128.56 200.10
 Female child −177.67 0.002 −288.04 −67.31
 PM2.5 <27.0 μg/m3 1.00
 PM2.5 27.0–46.29 μg/m3 3.94 0.953 −128.69 136.57
 PM2.5 >46.29 μg/m3 −93.38 0.247 −252.16 65.40
 Intercept −5,702.08 0.000 −7,990.48 −3,413.68
High fish intake (>205 g/week)
 Maternal age −11.59 0.357 −36.41 13.23
 Maternal education 12.72 0.385 −16.19 41.64
 Maternal height 11.28 0.144 −3.89 26.46
 Maternal prepregnancy weight 13.03 0.016 2.45 23.62
 Parity 137.88 0.066 −9.17 284.93
 Gestational age 200.41 0.000 139.98 260.83
 Female child −151.46 0.046 −299.90 −3.03
 PM2.5 <27.0 μg/m3 1.00
 PM2.5 27.0–46.29 μg/m3 90.02 0.335 −94.02 274.05
 PM2.5 >46.29 μg/m3 −23.69 0.811 −219.96 172.57
 Intercept −7,095.60 0.000 −1,0674.68 −3,516.51