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. 2020 Feb 13;128(2):027005. doi: 10.1289/EHP4709

Table 4.

Adjusted associations between exposure during pregnancy and childhood to single air pollutants and global mean diffusivity at 9–12 years of age.

Pollutant Contrast Global mean diffusivity
Pregnancy Childhood
Coef. 95% CI p-Value Coef. 95% CI p-Value
NOX 20μg/m3 0.01 0.00, 0.02 0.1 0.02 0.01, 0.03 0.005
NO2 10μg/m3 0.02 0.00, 0.04 0.021 0.02 0.00, 0.03 0.011
PM10 10μg/m3 0.05 0.00, 0.10 0.042 0.07 0.01, 0.12 0.027
PMcoarse 5μg/m3 0.03 0.01, 0.07 0.2 0.04 0.00, 0.09 0.038
PM2.5 5μg/m3 0.09 0.02, 0.15 0.014 0.11 0.03, 0.20 0.010
PM2.5 abs 105/m 0.04 0.01, 0.06 0.012 0.04 0.01, 0.07 0.009
PAHs 1  ng/m3 0.01 0.01, 0.04 0.3 0.01 0.02, 0.04 0.5
B[a]P 0.1  ng/m3 0.02 0.01, 0.04 0.1 0.01 0.02, 0.04 0.3
OC 1μg/m3 0.02 0.01, 0.04 0.2 0.02 0.00, 0.04 0.1
Cu 5  ng/m3 0.05 0.01, 0.10 0.030 0.03 0.02, 0.09 0.2
Fe 100  ng/m3 0.05 0.01, 0.09 0.018 0.03 0.01, 0.07 0.1
K 50  ng/m3 0.04 0.02, 0.09 0.2 0.09 0.03, 0.15 0.006
Si 100  ng/m3 0.07 0.02, 0.12 0.010 0.05 0.00, 0.11 0.047
Zn 10  ng/m3 0.01 0.01, 0.03 0.2 0.03 0.01, 0.05 0.003
OPDTT 1  nmol   DTT/min/m3 0.06 0.01, 0.13 0.069 0.09 0.02, 0.16 0.016
OPESR 1,000  units/m3 0.04 0.00, 0.09 0.047 0.04 0.00, 0.09 0.1
UFP 10,000  particles/cm3 0.05 0.01, 0.10 0.023 0.03 0.01, 0.08 0.1

Note: Coefficients and 95% CI from linear regression models adjusted for both maternal and paternal education, country of birth, age, height, BMI, and psychological distress during pregnancy; maternal smoking and alcohol consumption during pregnancy, parity, marital status, intelligence quotient, and household income; and child’s genetic ancestry, gender, and age at the scanning session. Any missing covariates were imputed through multiple imputation, and inverse probability weighting technique was used to account for potential selection bias. B[a]P, benzo[a]pyrene; BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence intervals; coef., coefficient; NO2, nitrogen dioxide; NOX, nitrogen oxides; OC, organic carbon; OP, oxidative potential (evaluated using two acellular methods: OPDTT, dithiothreitol and OPESR, electron spin resonance); PAHs, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; PM, particulate matter with different aerodynamic diameters: PM10, <10μm; PMcoarse, between 10μm and 2.5μm; PM2.5, PM2.5, <2.5μm; PM2.5 abs, absorbance of PM2.5 filters; UFP, ultrafine particles.