Table 2.
Proportion of women delivering term and preterm at each level of polybrominated diphenyl ether(s) (PBDE). Patients in the PTB group were significantly more likely to score higher on this ordinal scale (P=0.001).
PBDE Level | Control | PTB |
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25–135 pg/ml | 45/197 | 8/82 |
136–200 pg/ml | 43/197 | 5/82 |
200–321 pg/ml | 42/197 | 16/82 |
322–1000 pg/ml | 43/197 | 29/82 |
>1000 pg/ml | 24/197 | 24/82 |
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