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. 2012 Mar 8;15(2):109–184. doi: 10.1080/10937404.2012.645142

TABLE 2.

Summary of results from the Bayley Scales of Infant Development II (BSID II)

Columbia Center for Children's Environmental
Health (CCCEH)
Rauh et al., 2006
Center for Health Assessment of Mothers and Children of Salinas (CHAMACOS)
Eskenazi et al., 2007
Exposure measurement CPF in umbilical cord blooda TCPy in maternalb urine DEPs and DAPs in maternalb and child urine
Exposure variable format Categorical: (>6.17 pg/g- vs. ≤6.17 pg/g) Categorical: (<LOD (reference), below median detected level, above median detected level) Continuous: (nmol/L – log10)
Sample size for analysis Range: 225–229 Not reported. TCPy detected in 91% of 445 maternal (prenatal) urine samples Not reported. Urine metabolite measures available for 445 women (prenatal) and 373 children at 24 mo
BSID:MDIβ (95% CI); Positive associations (β 0) indicate biomarkers associated with higher (better) MDI scores
6 mo Not measured <Median: 0.24 (–2.12, 2.60) Maternal DEPs: −0.16 (–1.96, 1.65)
Child DEPs: 0.24 (–0.78, 1.25)
≥Median: 0.08 (–2.29, 2.44) Maternal DAPs: −1.15 (–2.89, 0.59)
Child DAPs: −0.17 (–1.23, 0.90)
12 mo –0.344 (SE = 1.66) <Median: −0.45 (–3.67, 2.76) Maternal DEPs: −1.14 (–3.51, 1.22)
Child DEPs: 1.89 (0.21, 3.58)*
Median: −0.65 (–3.88, 2.58) Maternal DAPs: −1.34 (–3.59, 0.92)
Child DAPs: 1.36 (–0.05, 2.78)
24 mo –1.480 (SE = 2.03) <Median: −1.02 (–5.34, 3.31) Maternal DEPs: −0.85(–3.98, 2.27)
Child DEPs: 1.02 (–0.52, 2.57)
≥Median: −1.94 (–6.26, 2.37) Maternal DAPs: –3.54 (–6.59, −0.49)*
Child DAPs: 2.37 (0.50, 4.24)*
36 mo –3.327 (SE = 1.76) Not measured Not measured
Covariates included in the regression models Race, gender, maternal education, maternal IQ, gestational age, prenatal ETS exposure Psychometrician, location, exact age at assessment, gender, breast-feeding duration, HOME score, household income above poverty threshold, parity, maternal PPVT. Psychometrician, location, exact age at assessment, gender, breast-feeding duration, HOME score, household income above poverty threshold, maternal PPVT.
“Mental Delay” (BSID:MDI ≤ 85)c,
OR (95% CI); Positive associations (OR>1) indicates biomarkers associated with MDI scores ≤ 85 (worse scores)
12 mo 1.22 (0.48–3.06) Not reported Not reported
24 mo 1.75 (0.86–3.60) Not reported Not reported
36 mo 2.37 (1.08–5.19)* Not measured Not measured
Covariates included in the regression models Race, gender, maternal education, maternal IQ, gestational age, prenatal ETS exposure, home environment
BSID: PDI
β(95% CI); Positive associations (β>0) indicates biomarkers associated with higher (better) PDI scores
6 mo Not measured <Median: −0.56 (–4.03, 2.91) Maternal DEPs: 0.02 (–2.63, 2.67)
Child DEPs: 0.60(–0.89, 2.09)
≥Median: −0.21 (–3.69, 3.27) Maternal DAPs: −0.71 (–3.28, 1.86)
Child DAPs: 0.39 (–1.18, 1.97)
12 mo –3.30 (SE = 2.11) <Median: −0.70 (–5.26, 3.86) Maternal DEPs: 0.30 (–3.03, 3.63)
Child DEPs: 1.91 (–0.46, 4.27)
≥Median: −1.62 (–6.20, 2.96) Maternal DAPs: −0.60 (–3.77, 2.57)
Child DAPs: 1.22 (–0.78, 3.21)
24 mo 1.17 (SE = 1.98) <Median: −2.65 (–6.50, 1.21) Maternal DEPs: −0.86 (–3.64, 1.92)
Child DEPs: 0.30 (–1.07, 1.67)
≥Median: −2.72 (–6.57, 1.12) Maternal DAPs: −1.28 (–4.01, 1.46)
Child DAPs: 1.06 (–0.62, 2.74)
36 mo 6.46 (SE = 2.18)* Not measured Not measured
Covariates included in the regression models Race, gender, maternal education, maternal IQ, gestational age, maternal ETS exposure Psychometrician, location, exact age at assessment, gender, breast-feeding duration, HOME score, household income above poverty threshold, parity, maternal PPVT. Psychometrician, location, exact age at assessment, gender, breast-feeding duration, HOME score, household income above poverty threshold, maternal PPVT.
“Psychomotor Delay” (BSID:PDI ≤ 85)c
OR (95% CI); Positive associations (OR>1) indicates biomarkers associated with PDI scores ≤ 85 (worse scores)
12 mo 1.88 (0.78,4.53) Not reported Not reported
24 mo 1.01 (0.37,2.76) Not reported Not reported
36 mo 4.52 (1.61,12.70)* Not measured Not measured
Covariates included in the regression models Race, gender, maternal education, maternal IQ, gestational age, prenatal ETS exposure, home environment

Abbreviations: DAPs = total dialkyl phosphates; DEPs = diethylphosphates; DMPs = dimethylphosphates; ETS: environmental tobacco smoke, HOME = Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment; PPVT = Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test; OR = odds ratio, CI = confidence interval.

a

Maternal blood was used when cord blood was unavailable.

b

Maternal samples were collected during pregnancy.

c

Threshold for mental and psychomotor “delay” corresponds to 1 standard deviation and was defined by Rauh et al. (2006).

*

p<.05, significance bolded for emphasis.