Table 1.
Characteristics of participants with plasma PBDE concentrations and CMS scores (n=212)
| Maternal characteristicsa | Mean±SD or n (%) |
|---|---|
| Age | 25.2±5.1 |
| <High school education | 80 (38) |
| Employed | 120 (56) |
| Stable relationship | 49 (23) |
| Nulliparous | 108 (51) |
| Nonverbal intelligence | 84.1±13.1 |
| Demoralization | 1.2±0.6 |
| Child characteristics | |
| Birth weight (kg) | 3.5±0.5 |
| Gestational age (weeks) | 39.4±1.3 |
| African American | 92 (43) |
| Dominican | 120 (57) |
| Girl | 119 (56) |
| Breastfed ≥ 12 weeks | 67 (32) |
| Anxiety score at CMS testingb | 9.5±6.2 |
| Age at CMS testing (years) | 11.1±1.1 |
| Household characteristics | |
| Material hardship at deliveryb | 85 (41) |
| Material hardship at CMS testingb | 81 (39) |
| Primarily Spanish-speaking home (age 3) | 88 (42) |
| HOME academic scoreb (age 3) | 4.3 (1.0) |
| HOME total scoreb (age 3) | 39.3 (6.5) |
| Environmental tobacco smoke | 77 (36) |
HOME: Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment; RCMAS: Revised Children’s Manifest Anxiety Scale.
a
Measured prenatally unless otherwise noted.
b
Missing (n): material hardship at delivery (5) and at CMS testing (2), HOME score (6), RCMAS Total Anxiety score (4).