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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Reprod Toxicol. 2016 Jun 25;65:59–66. doi: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2016.06.021

Table 5.

Among females, change in outcome associated with an IQR increase in maternal urinary phthalate concentrations during their first trimester, at delivery, and the average of both time points, adjusted for urinary specific gravity, maternal BMI, and gestational age (except for models evaluating gestational age).

FEMALES First Trimester Delivery Phthalate Average
Δ/IQR 95% CI Δ/IQR 95% CI Δ/IQR 95% CI
birth weight (g)
       MBzP −149 (−554, 256) 270 (−59.0, 598) 43.8 (−311, 399)
       MCPP 272 (−36.2, 581) 222 * (10.5, 434) 164 (−25.3, 354)
       MEP 24.4 (−348, 396) 112 (−238, 462) 97.9 (−324, 520)
       ΣDEHP −32.4 (−357, 292) 42.0 (−263, 348) −35.7 (−334, 263)
       ΣDBP −328 * (−621, −34.6) 112 (−256, 480) −225 (−510, 60.5)
birth length (cm)
       MBzP 0.30 (−1.62, 2.22) 1.78 * (0.22, 3.34) 0.65 (−1.02, 2.31)
       MCPP 1.79 * (0.40, 3.18) 0.78 (−0.26, 1.83) 0.69 (−0.21, 1.59)
       MEP 0.31 (−1.43, 2.06) 0.43 (−1.22, 2.08) 0.52 (−1.49, 2.52)
       ΣDEHP 0.36 (−1.14, 1.87) −0.04 (−1.51, 1.42) −0.34 (−1.75, 1.07)
       ΣDBP −0.40 (−1.90, 1.11) 1.67 * (0.04, 3.30) −0.01 (−1.42, 1.40)
head circumference (cm)
       MBzP 0.29 (−1.00, 1.58) 0.86 (−0.24, 1.97) 0.24 (−0.89, 1.37)
       MCPP 0.09 (−0.97, 1.15) 0.70 * (0.03, 1.38) 0.37 (−0.24, 0.99)
       MEP −0.55 (−1.70, 0.61) 0.15 (−0.97, 1.26) −0.51 (−1.85, 0.83)
       ΣDEHP 0.23 (−0.78, 1.25) 0.42 (−0.55, 1.38) 0.31 (−0.64, 1.25)
       ΣDBP 0.26 (−0.76, 1.27) −0.01 (−1.20, 1.18) −0.07 (−1.02, 0.88)
gestational age (days)
       MBzP −0.75 (−6.96, 5.45) −2. 08 (−7.28, 3.13) −2.60 (−7.87, 2.67)
       MCPP −0.02 (−4.99, 4.95) −0.04 (−3.59, 3.50) −0.11 (−3.20, 2.98)
       MEP −1.93 (−7.48, 3.61) −0.51 (−5.93, 4.92) −2.86 (−9.19, 3.47)
       ΣDEHP −2.18 (−6.95, 2.58) 1.06 (−3.61, 5.73) 0.41 (−4.18, 5.00)
       ΣDBP −2.99 (−7.57, 1.59) −5.53 * (−10.2, −0.84) −4.46 * (−8.25, −0.67)
*

p<0.05.