Table 2.
Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients (p-value) of associations between maternal U-Cd (GW8), concurrent U-Cd (5 years of age), and child developmental measures at 5 years of age (n = 1,305).
| Variables | Maternal U-Cda | Concurrent U-Cdb | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIQ | –0.16 (< 0.001) | –0.12 (< 0.001) | ||
| PIQ | –0.14 (< 0.001) | –0.12 (< 0.001) | ||
| FSIQ | –0.16 (< 0.001) | –0.13 (< 0.001) | ||
| SDQpro | –0.027 (0.33) | –0.057 (0.038) | ||
| SDQdiff | 0.041 (0.13) | 0.046 (0.099) | ||
| Maternal U-Cd ( µg/L)a | — | 0.098 (< 0.001) | ||
| Concurrent U-Cd ( µg/L)b | 0.098 (< 0.001) | — | ||
| aGW8, adjusted to specific gravity 1.012 g/mL. bAt 5 years of age, adjusted to specific gravity 1.012 g/mL. | ||||