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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 24.
Published in final edited form as: J Toxicol Environ Health B Crit Rev. 2018 Dec 24;21(5):291–319. doi: 10.1080/10937404.2018.1554515

Table 4d.

Mercury and preeclampsia

Study Exposure Association
Reference Design Location Sample size Timing Assessment Level Modeled Exposure HR/OR/RR (95% CI)
Vigeh 2006 Case-control Tehran, Iran N=396
nPE=31		 Within 24 hours after delivery Maternal whole blood (µg/l) PE: 1.35 (0.74)
Control: 1.34 (1.19)
Umbilical cord blood (µg/l) PE: 1.69 (1.19)
Control: 1.70 (1.33)

Abbreviations: hazard ratio (HR); odds ratio (OR); risk ratio (RR); confidence interval (CI); interquartile range (IQR); preeclampsia (PE).

Note. Levels represent mean (standard deviation), median (IQR) (†), geometric mean (IQR) (§), or median (SEM) (*)