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. 2015 Jul 7;124(4):542–549. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1409309

Table 3.

Height, waist circumference, and BMI by age in low, medium, and high combined NIS inhibitor biomarker exposure categoriesa: predicted means and differences (95% CIs) based on mixed effects modelsb in 940 girls, BCERP 2004–2007.

Age (years)c Low-exposure category Medium-exposure category High-exposure category Difference between low and high (95% CI) p-Valued
Height (cm)
7 121.2 (120.1, 122.2) 120.6 (120.0, 121.3) 120.1 (119.1, 121.2) 1.0 (–0.4, 2.5) 0.172
8 129.0 (127.9, 130.0) 127.8 (127.2, 128.5) 126.9 (125.9, 127.9) 2.1 (0.6, 3.5) 0.004
9 136.0 (135.0, 137.1) 134.5 (133.9, 135.2) 133.4 (132.3, 134.4) 2.7 (1.3, 4.1) < 0.001
10 142.4 (141.3, 143.4) 140.8 (140.1, 141.4) 139.5 (138.5, 140.6) 2.8 (1.4, 4.3) < 0.001
11 148.0 (146.9, 149.0) 146.5 (145.9, 147.2) 145.4 (144.4, 146.4) 2.6 (1.1, 4) < 0.001
12 152.8 (151.8, 153.9) 151.8 (151.1, 152.5) 151.0 (150.0, 152.0) 1.8 (0.4, 3.3) 0.011
13 157.0 (155.9, 158.0) 156.6 (155.9, 157.3) 156.3 (155.2, 157.3) 0.7 (–0.8, 2.1) 0.356
Waist circumference (cm)
7 57.1 (55.5, 58.8) 58.7 (57.7, 59.8) 58.0 (56.4, 59.7) –0.9 (–3.2, 1.4) 0.444
8 61.3 (59.7, 62.9) 62.2 (61.2, 63.2) 61.1 (59.5, 62.7) 0.2 (–2, 2.4) 0.830
9 65.2 (63.6, 66.8) 65.6 (64.6, 66.6) 64.1 (62.5, 65.7) 1.2 (–1, 3.3) 0.295
10 68.8 (67.2, 70.4) 68.8 (67.8, 69.8) 67.0 (65.4, 68.5) 1.9 (–0.3, 4.1) 0.091
11 72.1 (70.5, 73.8) 71.9 (70.9, 72.9) 69.7 (68.2, 71.3) 2.4 (0.2, 4.6) 0.032
12 75.2 (73.5, 76.8) 74.9 (73.9, 75.9) 72.4 (70.9, 74.0) 2.7 (0.5, 4.9) 0.016
13 77.9 (76.2, 79.5) 77.7 (76.7, 78.7) 75.0 (73.4, 76.6) 2.8 (0.6, 5) 0.013
BMI (kg/m2)
7 16.3 (15.6, 16.9) 16.7 (16.3, 17.1) 16.4 (15.7, 17.0) –0.1 (–1, 0.8) 0.871
8 17.3 (16.6, 17.9) 17.5 (17.1, 17.9) 17.0 (16.4, 17.6) 0.2 (–0.6, 1.1) 0.604
9 18.2 (17.6, 18.8) 18.3 (17.9, 18.7) 17.7 (17.1, 18.3) 0.5 (–0.4, 1.3) 0.259
10 19.1 (18.5, 19.7) 19.1 (18.7, 19.5) 18.4 (17.8, 19.0) 0.7 (–0.1, 1.6) 0.100
11 20.0 (19.4, 20.6) 20.0 (19.6, 20.4) 19.1 (18.5, 19.7) 0.9 (0.1, 1.8) 0.038
12 20.9 (20.2, 21.5) 20.8 (20.4, 21.2) 19.8 (19.2, 20.4) 1.1 (0.2, 1.9) 0.015
13 21.7 (21.1, 22.3) 21.7 (21.3, 22.1) 20.5 (19.9, 21.2) 1.2 (0.3, 2) 0.008
aLow group is below the median concentration of all three NIS biomarkers; high group is above the median concentration of all three NIS biomarkers; medium group includes all the others. bPredicted means and differences were computed from the final model (adjusted for race/ethnicity and site) using the LSMEANS function in Proc Mixed SAS version 9.4. cNo estimate was provided for age 6 years due to small sample of girls who were exactly 6 years old at enrollment, truncated at age 13. dSignificance of the difference between the low- and high-exposure category.