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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2017 Dec 4;32(9):1441–1448. doi: 10.1080/14767058.2017.1408065

Table 2.

Prenatal Vitamin D Quartiles and ITSEA Scores at Age 1 in the NEST Cohort

ITSEA Domain Maternal Race Vitamin D Quartile Beta Estimate 95% Confidence Interval
Internalizing White 1st 0.099 −0.164 0.362
2nd 0.016 −0.132 0.164
3rd −0.032 −0.162 0.097
Black 1st −0.342 −0.574 −0.110
2nd −0.358 −0.604 −0.112
3rd −0.269 −0.543 0.006
Hispanic 1st −0.105 −0.293 0.084
2nd −0.162 −0.350 0.027
3rd −0.171 −0.362 0.020

Externalizing White 1st 0.018 −0.239 0.274
2nd 0.043 −0.101 0.188
3rd −0.065 −0.192 0.061
Black 1st −0.013 −0.344 0.317
2nd 0.031 −0.320 0.381
3rd 0.143 −0.247 0.533
Hispanic 1st 0.054 −0.162 0.269
2nd −0.049 −0.264 0.167
3rd 0.059 −0.159 0.227

Dysregulation White 1st 0.101 −0.131 0.332
2nd 0.035 −0.096 0.165
3rd −0.106 −0.220 0.009
Black 1st −0.166 −0.438 0.105
2nd −0.058 −0.345 0.230
3rd −0.143 −0.463 0.178
Hispanic 1st 0.121 −0.028 0.270
2nd −0.016 −0.165 0.133
3rd 0.010 −0.141 0.160

Competence White 1st −0.172 −0.486 0.141
2nd 0.045 −0.131 0.222
3rd 0.099 −0.055 0.253
Black 1st 0.090 −0.336 0.516
2nd 0.110 −0.341 0.562
3rd −0.023 −0.526 0.480
Hispanic 1st −0.103 −0.340 0.134
2nd 0.140 −0.097 0.377
3rd 0.005 −0.234 0.245

ASD Social Competence White 1st −0.736 −3.717 2.244
2nd −0.151 −1.831 1.530
3rd 0.080 −1.389 1.548
Black 1st 3.191 −0.237 6.619
2nd 2.657 −0.975 6.289
3rd 2.096 −1.951 6.144
Hispanic 1st −1.453 −3.482 0.577
2nd −0.004 −2.030 2.022
3rd 0.183 −1.918 2.284

ASD Problem Behavior White 1st 0.018 −2.066 2.101
2nd 0.529 −0.645 1.704
3rd −0.804 −1.830 −0.804
Black 1st −2.936 −4.881 −0.991
2nd −2.570 −4.631 −0.510
3rd −1.996 −4.292 0.300
Hispanic 1st −0.413 −2.307 1.481
2nd 0.407 −1.486 2.300
3rd −0.574 −2.491 1.343
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Results adjusted for maternal education, maternal age, parity, pre-pregnancy BMI, prenatal vitamin use, smoking during pregnancy, marital status, infant gender, infant age at assessment, and season of blood draw.

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4th quartile of 25(OH)D is referent for all estimates.