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. 2012 Nov 29;121(3):374–379. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1205396

Table 1.

Population characteristics and dietary acrylamide intake during pregnancy.

Characteristics of acrylamide intake n (%) β (95% CI) p-Value
Mother’s age (years) 30.08 ± 4.51 0.026 (0.02, 0.04) < 0.001
Parity
Nulliparous 26,320 (52.0) Reference
Multiparous 24,331 (48.0) 0.170 (0.08, 0.26) < 0.001
Prepregnancy BMI (kg/m2)
18.5–25 33,405 (66.0) Reference
< 18.5 1,437 (2.8) 0.115 (–0.13, 0.36) 0.358
25–30 11,144 (22.0) 0.063 (–0.04, 0.16) 0.216
> 30 4,665 (9.2) –0.082 (–0.22, 0.06) 0.263
Maternal education (years)
≤ 12 15,243 (30.1) Reference
13–16 21,847 (43.1) –0.205 (–0.30, –0.10) < 0.001
≥ 17 12,539 (24.8) –0.535 (–0.65, –0.42) < 0.001
Missing 1,022 (2.0) –0.513 (–0.81, –0.22) 0.001
Maternal smoking during pregnancy
Nonsmokers 46,420 (91.7) Reference
Occasional smoking 2,261 (4.5) 1.181 (0.98, 1.38) < 0.001
Daily smoking 1,970 (3.9) 1.486 (1.27, 1.71) < 0.001
Father smoking during pregnancy
Nonsmokers 38,325 (75.7) Reference
Occasional smoking 2,656 (5.2) 0.190 (0.01, 0.37) 0.041
Daily smoking 7,430 (14.7) 0.158 (0.03, 0.28) 0.011
Missing 2,240 (4.4) 0.104 (–0.10, 0.30) 0.310
Values are mean ± SD or n (%). Results are from multivariate linear regression model of energy-adjusted acrylamide intake (ng/kcal/day), adjusted simultaneously for all variables shown in the table.