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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 4.

Adjusted* Mean Difference in 5-Year Growth Outcomes Comparing the 75th to 25th Percentile for Each Measure of DDT

DDT Compound Sitting Height (cm)
Standing Height (cm)
Standardized Height (z-score)
Standardized Weight (z-score)
Head Circumference (mm)
Mean Difference (95% CI) Mean Difference (95% CI) Mean Difference (95% CI) Mean Difference (95% CI) Mean Difference (95% CI)
p,p′-DDE 0.0 (−0.3 to 0.4) 0.3 (−0.2 to 0.7) 0.59 (−0.32 to 1.50) 0.68 (−0.16 to 1.51) 2 (0 to 4)
p,p′-DDT 0.1 (−0.2 to 0.5) 0.0 (−0.5 to 0.5) 0.38 (−0.75 to 1.51) 0.95 (−0.33 to 2.23) 0 (−1 to 2)
o,p′-DDT 0.0 (−0.4 to 0.4) 0.1 (−0.5 to 0.6) 0.28 (−0.96 to 1.53) 0.19 (−1.03 to 1.41) 1 (−2 to 3)
Σ DDT 0.1 (−0.3 to 0.4) 0.2 (−0.2 to 0.7) 0.60 (−0.37 to 1.58) 0.80 (−0.10 to 1.70) 2 (0 to 4)
*

Adjusted for maternal BMI, height, race, and quality of prenatal care.

N = 391 for sitting height, 389 for standing height, 390 for standardized height, 391 for standardized weight, and 383 for head circumference.

“Standardized” height and weight are race and sex-standardized (see text).