Table 3.
Difference (ms) in visual evoked potential latencies associated with a doubling in the maternal hair mercury concentration at parturition.
| Adjusted for age at examination and sex |
Additionally adjusted for cord-serumtotal n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acidsand duration of exclusive breast-feeding |
Additionally adjusted for other covariatesa |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 minutes | |||
| N75 | 0.24 (0.34)b | 0.22 (0.41) | 0.23 (0.42) |
| P100 | 0.16 (0.67) | 0.16 (0.70) | 0.25 (0.58) |
| N145 | 0.43 (0.64) | 0.83 (0.39) | 1.09 (0.27) |
| 15 minutes | |||
| N75 | 0.01 (0.98) | −0.13 (0.71) | −0.08 (0.83) |
| P100 | 0.35 (0.45) | 0.29 (0.55) | 0.57 (0.26) |
| N145 | 1.58 (0.06) | 2.05 (0.03) | 2.22 (0.02) |
a
Previous births, smoking during pregnancy, and alcohol consumption.
b
P-values are shown in the parentheses.