Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Occup Environ Med. 2019 Jun;61(6):529–534. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001609

TABLE 3.

ORs and 95% CIs for a One Interquartile Range Increase in Prenatal Exposure to Ambient Air Toxics and Yolk Sac Tumors in Young California Children (1984–2013).

Exposure agent Yolk Sac Tumors Exposure Window (Buffer Distance: 4km)
Cases (n=99) Controls
(n=155,191)
First
Trimester
Second Trimester Entire Pregnancy
OR [95% CI]* OR [95% CI]* OR [95% CI]*
Factor 1: Traffic-related air toxics
Benzene 10 21,762 1.06 [0.49, 2.30] 1.68 [1.02, 2.78] 1.76 [0.89, 3.47]
1,3-Butadiene 10 21,770 0.97 [0.43, 2.19] 1.80 [1.02, 3.16] 2.08 [0.85, 5.07]
Dichloromethane 9 20,308 1.07 [0.84, 1.36] 1.05 [0.83, 1.35] 1.31 [0.85, 2.02]
Ethyl benzene 9 18,508 1.15 [0.76, 1.75] 1.41 [1.09, 1.84] 2.29 [1.17, 4.49]
Meta/Para-xylene 8 17,007 1.06 [0.53, 2.10] 1.59 [1.02, 2.49] 1.58 [0.86, 2.90]
Ortho-xylene 9 19,402 1.28 [0.70, 2.33] 1.77 [1.16, 2.71] 1.89 [1.08, 3.32]
Lead 9 15,839 0.97 [0.55, 1.69] 1.19 [0.74, 1.89] 1.13 [0.59, 2.13]
Perchloroethylene 9 20,057 1.05 [0.81, 1.36] 1.08 [0.90, 1.28] 1.17 [0.80, 1.71]
Styrene 7 13,205 0.83 [0.37, 1.89] 1.05 [0.68, 1.63] 0.87 [0.36, 2.14]
Toluene 9 19,602 1.36 [0.71, 2.59] 1.82 [1.10, 3.03] 2.13 [1.05, 4.31]
Carbon monoxide 40 65,064 1.01 [0.70, 1.45] 1.09 [0.77, 1.53] 0.93 [0.60, 1.42]
Nitric oxide 41 64,220 0.97 [0.71, 1.31] 1.00 [0.75, 1.33] 0.78 [0.51, 1.20]
Nitrogen dioxide 42 64,729 0.77 [0.47, 1.26] 0.69 [0.42, 1.14] 0.57 [0.33, 0.99]
Nitrogen oxides 41 63,593 0.93 [0.65, 1.35] 0.95 [0.66, 1.36] 0.73 [0.46, 1.17]
Factor 2: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
Benzo(a)pyrene 7 16,477 0.92 [0.50, 1.67] 0.85 [0.42, 1.72] 0.90 [0.40, 2.06]
Benzo(b)fluoranthene 9 19,188 0.67 [0.27, 1.70] 0.81 [0.40, 1.63] 0.71 [0.29, 1.70]
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene 9 18,355 0.55 [0.19, 1.65] 0.89 [0.43, 1.85] 0.77 [0.28, 2.15]
Benzo(k)fluoranthene 9 19,188 0.74 [0.33, 1.64] 0.83 [0.44, 1.57] 0.73 [0.31, 1.72]
Dibenz(a,h)anthracene 9 18,355 0.71 [0.35, 1.47] 0.42 [0.09, 2.08] 0.40 [0.09, 1.67]
Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene 9 18,355 0.63 [0.23, 1.71] 0.81 [0.38, 1.72] 0.75 [0.30, 1.84]
Toxics not loaded on a factor
Acetaldehyde 9 20,708 0.26 [0.07, 0.94] 0.68 [0.27, 1.72] 0.54 [0.20, 1.46]
Carbon tetrachloride 7 14,421 0.73 [0.21, 2.47] 0.25 [0.07, 0.83] 0.33 [0.13, 0.87]
Chloroform 9 20,498 1.12 [0.59, 2.11] 1.33 [0.80, 2.21] 1.38 [0.78, 2.45]
Chromium 10 16,339 1.09 [0.71, 1.66] 1.27 [0.99, 1.61] 1.20 [0.92, 1.58]
Formaldehyde 9 20,708 1.31 [1.15, 1.50] 1.45 [0.81, 2.61] 1.60 [1.20, 2.13]
Nickel 10 16,347 1.06 [0.56, 2.00] 1.36 [0.86, 2.14] 1.20 [0.71, 2.02]
Ortho-dichlorobenzene 8 14,606 1.69 [0.52, 5.46] 2.50 [0.96, 6.48] 2.79 [0.71, 10.96]
Phosphorus 8 13,249 0.85 [0.44, 1.63] 1.04 [0.73, 1.50] 0.95 [0.58, 1.55]
Para-dichlorobenzene 8 14,645 1.11 [0.70, 1.75] 1.43 [1.07, 1.91] 1.29 [0.88, 1.89]
Strontium 10 15,469 1.02 [0.52, 2.01] 1.42 [0.97, 2.08] 1.19 [0.57, 2.48]
Trichloroethylene 9 20,127 0.90 [0.64, 1.27] 0.95 [0.75, 1.21] 0.95 [0.73, 1.23]
Ozone 51 75,509 1.02 [0.72, 1.44] 0.79 [0.54, 1.15] 0.81 [0.57, 1.17]
PM10 30 58,633 1.22 [0.82, 1.80] 0.95 [0.60, 1.49] 0.85 [0.51, 1.44]
PM2.5 17 33,394 1.49 [0.86, 2.58] 0.72 [0.34, 1.50] 0.64 [0.28, 1.49]
Sulfur 10 16,098 1.09 [0.58, 2.04] 1.34 [0.74, 2.44] 0.98 [0.37, 2.60]

CI, confidence interval; km, kilometers; OR, odds ratio; PM, particulate matter.

*

ORs adjusted for birth year, maternal age, maternal race, and neighborhood-level socioeconomic status.