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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Res. 2018 Jul 7;167:136–143. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2018.07.012

Table 4.

PCE exposure and time-to-pregnancy.

TTP 3–6 months vs. < 3 months
TTP 7–12 months vs. < 3 months
TTP > 12 months vs. < 3 months
Exposure Events/N Adjusteda RR (95% CI) Events/N Adjusteda RR (95% CI) Events/N Adjusteda RR (95% CI)
Cumulative PCE exposure (grams)
 None 335/2202 Reference 163/2202 Reference 272/2202 Reference
 Any 270/1624 0.96 (0.83, 1.12) 114/1624 0.89 (0.71, 1.13) 174/1624 0.85 (0.71, 1.01)
 None 335/2202 Reference 163/2202 Reference 272/2202 Reference
  > 0– < 10 90/546 0.96 (0.78, 1.17) 40/546 0.90 (0.65, 1.23) 50/546 0.80 (0.63, 1.00)
  10– < 100 110/663 0.96 (0.79, 1.16) 47/663 0.96 (0.72, 1.28) 71/663 0.89 (0.70, 1.11)
  ≥ 100 70/415 0.99 (0.77, 1.27) 27/415 0.78 (0.52, 1.16) 53/415 0.86 (0.64, 1.15)
Average monthly PCE exposure (grams)
 None 392/2518 Reference 185/2518 Reference 306/2518 Reference
 Any 213/1308 0.95 (0.83, 1.10) 92/1308 0.91 (0.74, 1.13) 140/1308 0.87 (0.74, 1.02)
 None 392/2518 Reference 185/2518 Reference 306/2518 Reference
  > 0– < 1 132/798 0.96 (0.81, 1.13) 58/798 0.94 (0.73, 1.21) 63/798 0.67 (0.54, 0.83)
  1– < 2.5 33/215 0.94 (0.73, 1.21) 16/215 1.03 (0.70, 1.53) 31/215 0.98 (0.73, 1.31)
  ≥ 2.5 48/295 0.96 (0.76, 1.22) 18/295 0.78 (0.50, 1.21) 46/295 1.26 (1.01, 1.58)
a

Adjusted for maternal age, paternal age, year of pregnancy, maternal education, paternal occupation, first trimester cigarette smoking, first trimester alcohol intake, and pregnancy number.