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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Sci Total Environ. 2013 Jun 5;0:386–390. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.05.021

Table 4.

Adjusted regression coefficients for change in Psychomotor Development Index associated with a ln-unit increase in urinary phthalate metabolite concentration, both overall and stratified by sex.

Metabolite All (n=135) Boys (n=64) Girls (n=71)
β (95%CI) β (95%CI) β (95%CI)
MEP 0.02 (−0.96, 1.01) 0.06 (−1.33, 1.47) 0.29 (−1.06, 1.66)
MnBP 0.49 (−0.66, 1.64) 0.86 (−0.54, 2.27) 0.52 (−1.68, 2.73)
MIBP 0.57 (−0.67, 1.82) 0.63 (−0.68, 1.95) 0.37 (−1.67, 2.43)
MBzP 0.10 (−1.16, 1.37) 1.79 (0.14, 3.45)* −1.21 (−3.31, 0.88)
MCPP 0.86 (−0.41, 2.15) 1.64 (0.15, 3.12)* −0.26 (−2.83, 2.30)
MEHP 0.02 (−1.62, 1.66) 0.34 (−1.47, 2.16) −0.07 (−2.49, 2.34)
MEHHP −0.11 (−1.45, 1.22) 0.68 (−0.76, 2.13) −0.48 (−2.75, 1.79)
MEOHP 0.03 (−1.26, 1.33) 0.80 (−0.62, 2.22) −0.18 (−2.38, 2.01)
MECPP −0.19 (−1.77, 1.38) 0.89 (−0.90, 2.68) −0.90 (−3.48, 1.66)
Σ DEHP 0.01 (−1.46, 1.49) 1.05 (−0.72,2.83) −1.22 (−3.92, 1.48)

Models were adjusted by mother’s age, mother’s educational level (total years of school), birth weight, breastfeeding practices (0=never, 1= at least one month, 2= 7 months, 3= 12 months), Z-score for weight-for-age, child’s current age (24, 30 or 36 months), and laboratory.

*

p value<0.05