Table 4.
RR (95% CI) of LRTI in relation to maternal arsenic exposure in pregnancy (mean of urinary arsenic measures at GW8 and GW30) stratified by infants’ age, mothers’ education level, socioeconomic status, and BMI in the in 2002–2003 pregnancy cohort in Matlab, Bangladesh.
Infant’s ageb |
Educationb |
Socioeconomic statusb,c |
BMI (kg/m2)b |
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Arsenic levela | 0–5 months | 6–11 months | No schooling | Attended school | Low | High | < 18.5 | ≥ 18.5 |
< 39d | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
39–64 | 1.11 (0.81–1.51) | 1.47 (1.05–2.05) | 2.68 (1.65–4.35) | 0.97 (0.75–1.27) | 1.83 (1.28–2.62) | 0.85 (0.58–1.25) | 1.38 (0.91–2.10) | 1.22 (0.93–1.60) |
65–132 | 1.23 (0.90–1.66) | 1.48 (1.06–2.07) | 2.74 (1.64–4.655) | 1.08 (0.94–1.38) | 1.79 (1.26–2.55) | 1.08 (0.73–1.58) | 1.19 (0.78–1.81) | 1.41 (1.08–1.83) |
133–261 | 1.31 (0.97– 1.78) | 1.89 (1.38–2.60) | 3.28 (2.04–5.27) | 1.20 (0.93–1.55) | 2.42 (1.73–3.37) | 1.23 (0.85–1.80) | 1.73 (1.17–2.56) | 1.51 (1.16–1.96) |
262–977 | 1.57 (1.18–2.10) | 1.81 (1.32–2.49) | 2.41 (1.48–3.92 | 1.53 (1.20–1.94) | 2.25 (1.61–3.14) | 1.57 (1.09–2.26) | 1.92 (1.31–2.80) | 1.54 (1.19–2.01) |
Sum of inorganic and methylated arsenic species.
Adjusted for all the variables in the table except the one used for stratification.
Socioeconomic status: low, asset index 1 or 2; high, asset index 4 or 5.
Reference group.