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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Res. 2018 Feb 23;164:93–99. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2018.02.022

Table 3.

Adjusted* odds ratios (95% Confidence Interval) for a 10-fold increase in wind-adjusted fumigant use (kg) within 8-km radius of a child's residence during prenatal and postnatal periods with respiratory symptoms and asthma medication at 7 years of age,CHAMACOS study, 1999 – 2007.

Exposure Respiratory
symptoms
OR (95% CI)
p Asthma
medication
OR (95% CI)
p
Prenatal (n = 257)
  Methyl bromide 1.1 (0.8–1.6) 0.55 1.0 (0.6–1.8) 0.87
  Chloropicrin 1.1 (0.8–1.4) 0.66 1.0 (0.6–1.5) 0.94
  Metam sodium 1.0 (0.8–1.3) 0.88 1.2 (0.8–1.8) 0.35
  1,3-DCP 1.1 (0.8–1.4) 0.58 1.3 (0.9–2.0) 0.17
Postnatal (n = 276)
  Methyl bromide 1.0 (0.6–1.6) 0.93 0.8 (0.4–1.7) 0.63
  Chloropicrin 1.0 (0.6–1.5) 0.87 0.9 (0.5–1.6) 0.61
  Metam sodium 0.9 (0.6–1.4) 0.72 1.3 (0.7–2.7) 0.41
  1,3-DCP 1.2 (0.6–2.4) 0.64 1.3 (0.4–3.6) 0.66
*

Adjusted for maternal smoking during pregnancy, season of birth (wet/pollen/dry mold), signs of moderate/extensive mold at home visit (6 or 12 months), and runny nose without a cold reported at age 7y.