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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 3.
Published in final edited form as: Epidemiology. 2006 Nov;17(6):692–700. doi: 10.1097/01.ede.0000232226.06807.90

TABLE 2.

Distributions of Fetal and Early Childhood Growth Outcomes and DDT Concentrations

Characteristic No. Mean ± SD Median 25th, 75th Percentile
DDT concentrations (lipid-adjusted, in μg/g lipid)
p,p′-DDE 399 6.85 ± 4.80 5.88 3.90, 8.56
p,p′-DDT 399 1.93 ± 1.25 1.61 1.11, 2.30
o,p′-DDT 399 0.27 ± 0.22 0.20 0.12, 0.35
 Σ DDT 399 9.05 ± 5.60 7.95 5.68, 11.15
Fetal growth outcomes
 Birth weight (g) 399 3298 ± 448 3345 2977, 3600
 Gestational age-adjusted  birth weight (z-score) 399 −0.25 ± 0.88 −0.27 −0.91, 0.37
 Gestational age (d) 399 281 ± 12 281 272, 288
 Birth length (cm) 398 51.2 ± 2.5 50.8 49.5, 52.7
 Head circumference (mm) 397 339 ± 14 343 330, 349
Five-year growth outcomes
 Sitting height (cm) 399 60.4 ± 2.8 60.3 58.7, 62.3
 Standing height (cm) 397 110 ± 4 110 107, 113
 Sex- and race-standardized height (z-score) 398 49.7 ± 9.7 50 43, 56
 Sex- and race-standardized weight (z-score) 399 49.2 ± 9.2 48 43, 54
 Head circumference (mm) 389 510 ± 15 508 498, 521
 Biacromial distance (mm) 389 245 ± 16 246 236, 255
 Chest breadth (mm) 389 177 ± 9.0 176 170, 183
 Chest depth (mm) 389 135 ± 10.9 134 128, 142
 Bi-iliac distance (mm) 389 174 ± 10 174 167, 180

SD indicates standard deviation.