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Published in final edited form as: Environ Sci Technol. 2013 Sep 25;47(20):11776–11784. doi: 10.1021/es402204y

Table 3.

REVISED. Comparison of Chemical Analyte Concentrations between Cohorts Calculated from Multivariate Regression Models Adjusted for Age, Gestational Age, Race/Ethnicity, Parity, And Insurance Statusa,c

chemical analyte n % differenceb 2008–2009 LSGM (95% CI) 2011–2012 LSGM (95% CI) p
PBDEs (ng/g lipid)
BDE-28 59 −43 (−60, −17) 2.15 (1.49, 3.09) 1.23 (0.85, 1.78) 0.004
BDE-47 59 −44 (−61, −18) 40.3 (27.9, 58.1) 22.7 (15.7, 32.9) 0.003
BDE-99 59 −44 (−61, −17) 9.69 (6.64,14.2) 5.48 (3.74, 8.02) 0.004
BDE-100 59 −47 (−65, −19) 10.0 (6.60,15.2) 5.31 (3.48, 8.09) 0.004
BDE-153 59 −25 (−47, 6) 23.0 (16.2, 32.5) 17.2 (12.1, 24.4) 0.10
ΣPBDEs 59 −39 (−56, −15) 90.0 (64.7, 125.2) 54.6 (39.2, 76.2) 0.004
PCBs (ng/g lipid)
PCB-74 59 −26 (−46, 1) 1.26 (0.92, 1.72) 0.93 (0.68, 1.27) 0.06
PCB-118 59 −10 (−34, 24) 2.04 (1.49, 2.81) 1.85 (1.34, 2.54) 0.53
PCB-138 59 −6 (−31, 29) 2.96 (2.17, 4.05) 2.79 (2.04, 3.82) 0.70
PCB-153 59 −9 (−36, 30) 4.34 (3.05, 6.17) 3.96 (2.78, 5.65) 0.61
PCB-180 59 −42 (−59, −18) 3.83 (2.72, 5.38) 2.23 (1.59, 3.15) 0.003
ΣPCBs 59 −20 (−40, 7) 15.1 (11.3, 20.1) 12.0 (8.98, 16.1) 0.13
OH-PBDEs (ng/mL)
5-OH-BDE47 58 −83 (−92, −66) 0.042 (0.020, 0.088) 0.007 (0.003, 0.014) <0.0001
6-OH-BDE47 58 −84 (−91, −71) 0.039 (0.022, 0.070) 0.006 (0.004, 0.011) <0.0001
ΣOH-PBDEs 58 −86 (−92, −75) 0.099 (0.055, 0.179) 0.014 (0.008, 0.025) <0.0001
ΣOH-PCBs (ng/mL) 58 −8 (−41, 43) 0.020 (0.013, 0.031) 0.018 (0.012, 0.028) 0.71
a

Chemical analyte concentrations were natural log-transformed in multivariate regression models.

b

Reference group is 2008−2009 cohort.

c

Abbreviations: CI = confidence intervals; LSGM = least-squares geometric mean.