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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Reprod Toxicol. 2016 Jul 12;68:164–170. doi: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2016.07.010

Table 2. Percent difference in serum-PFAS concentrations associated with a one-unit increase in covariates.

PFHxS PFOS PFOA PFNA PFDA

N %-difference (95 % CI) %-difference (95 % CI) %-difference (95 % CI) %-difference (95 % CI) %-difference (95 % CI)
Maternal age (years) 1092 0.21 (-0.65; 1.09) 0.28 (-0.11; 0.67) -1.61 (-2.07; -1.15) 1.23 (0.80; 1.67) 1.63 (1.14; 2.12)
Pre-pregnancy BMI (kg/m2) 1091 -0.02 (-1.07; 1.03) 0.67 (0.12; 1.21) -0.29 (-0.91; 0.34) 0.47 (-0.12; 1.07) -0.06 (-0.68; 0.56)
Previous births (yes/no) 1090 -16.87 (-25.00; -7.86) -4.08 (-8.37; 0.42) -31.40 (-34.83; -27.80) 0.98 (-4.15; 6.38) 7.84 (1.76; 14.29)
Pregnancy alcohol intake (yes/no) 1089 19.06 (5.50; 34.36) -3.02 (-7.40; 1.52) 4.31 (-1.68; 10.67) -4.05 (-9.66; 1.90) -2.26 (-8.46; 4.37)
Pregnancy smoking (yes/no) 1090 -5.20 (-15.12; 5.88) -0.53 (-5.17; 4.33) 6.20 (0.43; 12.30) -4.92 (-10.19; 0.65) -3.85 (-9.65; 2.32)
Maternal education (yes/no) 1086 1.09 (-9.84; 13.34) -5.75 (-10.62; -0.61) -7.94 (-13.41; -2.13) -7.95 (-13.54; -2.01) -7.78 (-13.97; -1.15)
Maternal employment (yes/no) 1091 7.06 (-4.07; 19.49) 2.54 (-2.34; 7.67) -3.34 (-9.17; 2.87) 6.06 (0.08; 12.41) 6.50 (-0.03; 13.45)

All analyses were adjusted for cohort