Table 4.
Estimation of the marginal geometric mean difference in p,p′-DDT and p,p′-DDE concentrations (ng/g-lipid) from five hypothetical interventions.a
Population | Interventions | p,p′-DDT | p,p′-DDE | ||||
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Unexposed () | Exposed () | b | 95% CI | 95% CI | |||
All | Water not piped into home | Water piped into home | 722 | (, ) | () | ||
Wet mopping home c | Wet mopping home c | 721 | (, ) | (, ) | |||
Washing bed sheets c | Washing bed sheets c | 719 | 11.2 | (, 25.5) | 19.5 | (, 66.8) | |
Eating a high fat dietd | Not eating a high fat dietd | 751 | 0.3 | (, 14.5) | 30.2 | (, 90.7) | |
Consuming local animal products during pregnancye | Not consuming local animal products during pregnancye | 751 | (, 3.1) | (, 17.7) | |||
Home ever sprayed with DDT | Water not piped into home | Water piped into home | 245 | (, ) | (, ) | ||
Wet mopping home c | Wet mopping home c | 245 | (, ) | (, ) | |||
Washing bed sheets c | Washing bed sheets c | 245 | 41.7 | (, 322.9) | 60.6 | (, 938.5) | |
Eating a high fat dietd | Not eating a high fat dietd | 254 | 4.0 | (, 238.5) | 44.0 | (, 784.0) | |
Consuming local animal products during pregnancye | Not consuming local animal products during pregnancye | 254 | (, 106.2) | (, 219.5) | |||
Home never sprayed with DDT | Water not piped into home | Water piped into home | 461 | (, 33.2) | (, 180.1) | ||
Wet mopping home c | Wet mopping home c | 460 | (, 12.4) | (, 36.8) | |||
Washing bed sheets c | Washing bed sheets c | 458 | 4.3 | (, 37.5) | (, 92) | ||
Eating a high fat dietd | Not eating a high fat dietd | 478 | 0.4 | (, 42.8) | 25.6 | (0.3, 208.9) | |
Consuming local animal products during pregnancye | Not consuming local animal products during pregnancye | 478 | (, 41.2) | (, 189.2) |
parameter estimate for the marginal geometric mean difference in serum concentrations from TMLE; 95% confidence interval estimated from 1,000 bootstrapped estimates of the observed data using the percentile method (Efron 1979).
Participants excluded if answering “Don’t know” to question, refusing to answer question, or lost to follow up.
Cleaning intervention levels are the median frequencies reported by mothers.
High fat diet defined as %ile of fat intake for all mothers.
Animal products include meat, poultry, eggs, dairy, and fish.