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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2013 Dec 25;217(6):662–668. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2013.12.003

Table 3.

Risk of AML from one interquartile range increase in air toxics exposure during each pregnancy period

1st trimester OR (95% CI 2nd trimester OR (95% CI) 3rd trimester OR (95% CI) Entire pregnancy OR (95% CI)
N
Cases/Controls
Crude+ Adjusted* Crude+ Adjusted* Crude+ Adjusted* Crude+ Adjusted*
1st factor
Total PAHs 31/13535 0.86 0.88 (0.63, 1.21) 0.95 0.96 (0.74, 1.24) 1.12 1.13 (0.93, 1.36) 1.03 1.07 (0.69, 1.65)
Benzo(k)fluoranthene 32/14195 1.00 1.01 (0.82, 1.23) 0.93 0.93 (0.72, 1.19) 1.02 1.03 (0.87, 1.21) 0.99 1.00 (0.70, 1.42)
Benzo(b)fluoranthene 32/14195 1.02 1.03 (0.85, 1.25) 0.93 0.94 (0.73, 1.21) 1.03 1.04 (0.87, 1.23) 1.03 1.05 (0.73, 1.50)
Benzo(a)pyrene 32/14195 1.01 1.02 (0.86, 1.21) 0.95 0.95 (0.77, 1.18) 1.03 1.04 (0.90, 1.19) 1.04 1.04 (0.78, 1.40)
Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene 31/13535 0.89 0.90 (0.66, 1.23) 0.95 0.95 (0.73, 1.24) 1.13 1.14 (0.93, 1.38) 1.04 1.07 (0.69, 1.65)
Dibenz(a,h)anthracene 31/13535 0.95 0.95 (0.78, 1.16) 0.89 0.88 (0.67, 1.17) 1.02 1.02 (0.86, 1.22) 0.91 0.91 (0.66, 1.26)
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene 31/13535 0.81 0.83 (0.56, 1.25) 0.96 0.97 (0.70, 1.36) 1.23 1.25 (0.98, 1.61) 1.18 1.28 (0.70, 2.36)
2nd factor
1,3-Butadiene 41/17296 0.90 0.99 (0.62, 1.58) 1.04 1.13 (0.73, 1.75) 1.34 1.45 (0.99, 2.15) 1.25 1.58 (0.81, 3.09)
Ethyl benzene 36/14768 0.97 1.02 (0.70, 1.49) 0.91 0.95 (0.63, 1.44) 1.06 1.12 (0.79, 1.58) 0.94 1.05 (0.59, 1.85)
Ortho-xylene 39/15310 1.07 1.15 (0.78, 1.71) 1.12 1.20 (0.81, 1.77) 1.28 1.38 (0.95, 1.99) 1.29 1.48 (0.88, 2.47)
Benzene 41/17299 1.00 1.13 (0.64, 2.01) 1.15 1.30 (0.74, 2.28) 1.57 1.75 (1.04, 2.93) 1.51 1.94 (0.89, 4.19)
Toluene 39/15369 1.16 1.25 (0.83, 1.88) 1.22 1.31 (0.88, 1.94) 1.41 1.50 (1.04, 2.16) 1.52 1.78 (1.03, 3.06)
Styrene 36/12773 1.21 1.27 (0.92, 1.75) 1.15 1.20 (0.86, 1.68) 1.07 1.08 (0.92, 1.27) 1.31 1.38 (0.94, 2.03)
Meta/para-xylene 29/10683 0.99 1.03 (0.71, 1.51) 1.14 1.20 (0.86, 1.68) 1.30 1.37 (1.01, 1.85) 1.35 1.51 (0.93, 2.44)
Perchloroethylene 40/15891 0.96 1.02 (0.73, 1.41) 1.03 1.06 (0.82, 1.38) 1.09 1.11 (0.90, 1.36) 1.06 1.16 (0.75, 1.80)
Lead 23/12669 1.03 1.19 (0.71, 2.02) 1.02 1.18 (0.69, 2.00) 0.95 1.09 (0.61, 1.92) 1.04 1.31 (0.66, 2.58)
Carbon tetrachloride 25/9838 0.80 0.83 (0.32, 2.14) 0.88 0.90 (0.37, 2.20) 1.02 1.02 (0.41, 2.52) 0.90 0.92 (0.33, 2.54)
3rd factor
Nickel 23/12744 0.96 1.02 (0.63, 1.67) 1.17 1.23 (0.80, 1.88) 1.05 1.05 (0.87, 1.28) 1.13 1.21 (0.72, 2.03)
Chromium 23/12737 0.94 0.99 (0.65, 1.52) 1.05 1.08 (0.77, 1.53) 0.99 1.02 (0.71, 1.48) 1.01 1.06 (0.69, 1.62)
4th factor
Para-dichlorobenzene 35/13473 1.12 1.14 (0.96, 1.35) 1.17 1.19 (1.02, 1.39) 0.68 0.70 (0.43, 1.14) 1.14 1.19 (0.87, 1.65)
Chloroform 40/16185 1.13 1.18 (0.90, 1.56) 1.28 1.32 (1.04, 1.69) 1.24 1.30 (1.00, 1.69) 1.39 1.49 (1.07, 2.07)
Pollutants that did not load on a factor
Formaldehyde 39/15969 0.82 0.88 (0.62, 1.25) 0.97 1.05 (0.77, 1.43) 1.03 1.11 (0.83, 1.50) 0.93 1.04 (0.71, 1.53)
Acetaldehyde 39/15969 0.72 0.78 (0.47, 1.29) 0.96 1.05 (0.67, 1.66) 1.24 1.38 (0.91, 2.08) 0.96 1.13 (0.64, 1.99)
Ortho-dichlorobenzene 35/13419 0.99 1.04 (0.55, 1.95) 1.16 1.21 (0.68, 2.15) 1.36 1.45 (0.84, 2.49) 1.30 1.43 (0.63, 3.23)
Trichloroethylene 40/15947 0.91 0.95 (0.77, 1.17) 0.85 0.89 (0.67, 1.18) 0.94 0.98 (0.80, 1.21) 0.88 0.92 (0.71, 1.20)
Selenium 22/12189 0.78 0.76 (0.43, 1.35) 0.98 0.98 (0.66, 1.46) 1.00 0.99 (0.64, 1.53) 0.89 0.89 (0.49, 1.60)
+

Odds ratios adjust for birth year (matching variable)

*

Models adjusted for maternal race/ethnicity, birth year, parity, maternal birthplace, and neighborhood socioeconomic index. Included children lived within 6km of an air monitor.