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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Res. 2017 Jul 30;158:798–805. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2017.07.026

Table 2.

Anthropometry measurements and prenatal PM2.5 exposure levels by child sex

Variables All children Girls Boys

Median IQR Median IQR Median IQR
Prenatal PM2.5 level (μg/m3)a 10.7 9.9–11.4 10.8 10.0–11.5 10.6 9.8–11.4
Body Mass Index (BMI)
 BMI z-score 0.50 −0.27–1.52 0.61 −0.30–1.48 0.44 −0.26–1.53
Bioimpedance
 Fat mass (kg) 3.0 2.1–3.9 2.1 1.1–3.2 3.2 2.8–4.4
 Fat free mass (kg) 14 13–16 15 14–16 13 12–15
 % body fat (%) 17 13–21 11 6.5–16 19 17–22
Skin fold
 Tricep skinfold (mm) 9.1 7.8–11.0 9.8 8.4–12.0 8.4 7.4–10.0
 Subscapular skinfold (mm) 6.2 5.2–7.8 6.8 5.6–8.6 5.8 5.0–7.0
Waist and Hip Circumferences
 Waist circumference (cm) 52 50–56 53 50–57 52 49–55
 Hip circumference (cm) 56 52–59 56 52–60 55 52–59
 Waist-to-hip ratio 0.94 0.90–0.98 0.94 0.90–0.98 0.94 0.91–0.98
a

Averaged over pregnancy