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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Res. 2012 Aug 24;118:65–71. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2012.08.003

Table 5.

Regression models with total, verbal and performance IQ as dependent variables

Total IQ Verbal IQ Performance IQ
Estimate 95% C.I. Estimate 95% C.I. Estimate 95% C.I.
Intercept 82.4 (61.7, 103.0) 86.5 (64.7, 108.2) 82.7 (61.4, 104.0)
Ln(BPb) −3.5 (−6.4, −0.6) −2.9 (−5.9, 0.1) −3.1 (−6.1, −0.1)
SES (medium Vs low) 4.8 (1.5, 8.1) 5.1 (1.6, 8.6) 3.2 (−0.2, 6.7)
SES (high Vs low) 8.8 (5.3, 12.3) 8.7 (5.1, 12.4) 6.5 (2.9, 10.1)
Area (LVC Vs GL) −2.7 (−6.5, 1.1) −2.7 (−6.7,1.3) −2.6 (−6.5, 1.3)
Area (MVC Vs GL) 2.5 (−0.6, 5.7) 1.9 (−1.4, 5.2) 2.7 (−0.6, 5.9)
Area (UVC Vs GL) −4.3 (−9.5, 0.9) −4.3 (−9.8, 1.2) −3.5 (−8.8, 1.9)
Alcohol −12.7 (−20.4, −5.0) −12.6 (−20.7, −4.6) −9.3 (−17.2, −1.4)
Hemoglobin 1.5 (0.0, 3.0) 0.9 (−0.7, 2.5) 1.8 (0.2, 3.3)

VC Lower ValCamonica, MVC – Mid ValCamonica, UVC – Upper ValCamonica

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the overall effect of the residence area was considered significant (p=0.027).