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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Res. 2017 Aug 1;158:456–461. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2017.07.004

Table 2. Crude and adjusted odds ratios (95% CIs) for the associations between prenatal arsenic exposure and adverse pregnancy outcomes.

Model Urinary total arsenic (μg/g creatinine)

17 – 555 556 – 3,712 P-value
Any adverse pregnancy outcome
 Unadjusted 1 (ref) 1.53 (1.00, 2.35) 0.05
 Adjusted for maternal age 1 (ref) 1.58 (1.02, 2.42) 0.04
 Fully adjusteda 1 (ref) 1.59 (1.02, 2.46) 0.04
Stillbirth/spontaneous abortion
 Unadjusted 1 (ref) 1.50 (0.92, 2.45) 0.10
 Adjusted for maternal age 1 (ref) 1.51 (0.93, 2.47) 0.10
 Fully adjusteda 1 (ref) 1.57 (0.96, 2.56) 0.07
Stillbirth
 Unadjusted 1 (ref) 2.41 (1.00, 5.85) 0.05
 Adjusted for maternal age 1 (ref) 2.41 (0.99, 5.85) 0.05
 Fully adjustedb 1 (ref) 2.50 (1.04, 6.01) 0.05
Spontaneous abortion
 Unadjusted 1 (ref) 1.26 (0.72, 2.20) 0.41
 Adjusted for maternal age 1 (ref) 1.27 (0.72, 2.24) 0.42
 Fully adjusteda 1 (ref) 1.33 (0.76, 2.32) 0.32
Therapeutic/elective abortion
 Unadjusted 1 (ref) 1.67 (0.75, 3.73) 0.21
 Adjusted for maternal age 1 (ref) 1.69 (0.75, 3.81) 0.21
 Fully adjusteda 1 (ref) 1.58 (0.70, 3.56) 0.27
a

Adjusted for maternal age (years), maternal education (years), BEST treatment assignment, and skin lesion severity.

b

Adjusted for maternal age (years), maternal education (years), BEST treatment assignment, skin lesion severity, parity, and previous stillbirth.