Table 3.
Estimated cumulative effects of prenatal PM2.5 exposure over gestation: accounting for time-varying interaction by sex, sensitive windows, and within-window effects identified by BDLIMa
Anthropometry indices | Girls | Boys | ||||
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Cumulative Effect | 95% CI | Cumulative Effect | 95% CI | |||
BMI z-score | −0.12 | −0.37 | 0.03 | 0.21 | 0.003 | 0.37 |
Fat mass (kg) | 0.03 | −0.29 | 0.28 | 0.36 | 0.12 | 0.68 |
Waist-to-hip ratio | 0.023 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.006 | −0.0001 | 0.01 |
Models were adjusted for maternal age, race/ethnicity, education, pre-pregnancy BMI, and child’s age at anthropometric measurement; corresponding to per μg/m3 increase in PM2.5.