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. 2015 Jun 18;14:52. doi: 10.1186/s12940-015-0046-3

Table 4.

Odds ratio of log10 maternal contaminant concentrations and elevated (≥0.5 ku/L) cord blood concentrations of IgE

Chemical
(μg/L)
N Unadjusted
OR
(95 % CI)
Adjusted
OR
(95 % CI)
Pesticides
Organochlorine Pesticides a
Trans-nonachlor 1232 0.81 (0.59-1.03) 0.86 (0.51-1.10)
DDE 1233 0.93 (0.75-1.12) 1.00 (0.79-1.20)
Hexachlorobenzene (binary) 1232 0.87 (0.62-1.20) 0.89 (0.62-1.27)
Oxychlordane 1231 0.84 (0.61-1.07) 1.01 (0.62-1.40)
Organophosphate Pesticide Metabolites b
Dimethylphosphate (DMP) 1229 0.97 (0.85-1.10) 1.01 (0.81-1.21)
Diethylphosphate (DEP) 1230 0.91 (0.78-1.04) 0.88 (0.69-1.08)
Dimethylthiphosphate (DMTP) 1227 0.98 (0.88-1.07) 0.92 (0.79-1.06)
Diethylthiophosphate (DETP) 1229 0.99 (0.84-1.13) 0.95 (0.70-1.19)
ƩDMP&DMTP 1226 0.96 (0.84-1.08) 1.00 (0.81-1.11)
ƩDEP&DETP 1229 0.95 (0.81-1.09) 0.86 (0.70-1.01)
Polychlorinated biphenyls a
PCB 118 1233 0.98 (0.74-1.23) 1.08 (0.68-1.49)
PCB 138 1233 0.96 (0.75-1.17) 1.11 (0.81-1.40)
PCB 153 1233 0.96 (0.76-1.17) 1.08 (0.82-1.33)
PCB 180 1233 0.93 (0.75-1.11) 1.07 (0.82-1.33)
ƩPCB (non-dioxin – 138,153,180) 1233 0.95 (0.74-1.16) 1.07 (0.81-1.33)
Metals c
Lead 1241 0.92 (0.63-1.23) 0.98 (0.66-1.30)
Cadmium 1241 0.90 (0.72-1.09) 0.91 (0.73-1.10)
Arsenic 1241 1.16 (0.90-1.41) 1.20 (0.93-1.47)
Mercury 1241 0.95 (0.81-1.09) 1.00 (0.84-1.15)

aadjusted for age and lipids, badjusted for age and specific gravity, cadjusted for age