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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Oct 8.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Child Adolesc health. 2009;2(3):11.

Table 5.

PBB exposure and the odds of more advanced development among sons age 18–30

Maternal PBB at enrollment (ppb)
Estimated PBB at conception (ppb)
Developmental Outcome* N ≤1 1 – 3.5 >3.5 P value ≤1 1 – 3.1 >3.1 P value
Taller compared to peers at age 11 212 REF 0.78 (0.40–1.46) 0.45 (0.24–0.86) 0.05 REF 1.33 (0.71–2.49) 0.70 (0.37–1.31) 0.12



Heavier compared to peers at age 11 212 REF 1.14 (0.62–2.11) 0.56 (0.30–1.05) 0.07 REF 1.04 (0.56–1.95) 0.49 (0.26–0.93) 0.04



Reported a growth spurt (yes/no) 205 REF 0.89 (0.38–2.10) 0.56 (0.25–1.25) 0.32 REF 0.97 (0.40–2.36) 0.53 (0.23–1.21) 0.20



Relative to peers, later growth spurt 167 REF 0.82 (0.40–1.67) 1.07 (0.51–2.23) 0.77 REF 0.65 (0.31–1.35) 0.99 (0.47–2.11) 0.42
*

These developmental outcomes were modeled with ordinal regression