Correction to: Environ Health
https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-069X-11-2
Following publication of the original article [1], the author reported that, because of a programming error, incorrect sentences and incorrect Table 3 has been published. The correct sentences and Table 3 are shown below.
In the Abstract, the following sentence is correct; “No further increases in risk were observed with increasing exposure levels.”
In the Results section, the following sentence is correct; “No further increases in risk were observed with increasing exposure levels.”
In the Conclusions section, the following sentence is correct; “However, subjects with any prenatal and early childhood exposure had elevated risk of bipolar disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder.”
Table 3.
Prenatal and Early Childhood Exposure to Tetrachloroethylene and the Risk of Mental Illness
| Outcome | Exposure Category/Percentile | % Yes (n/N) | Crude Risk Ratio (95% CI) |
GEEa Risk Ratio (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depression | Any | 19.8 (152/769) | 1.1 (0.9–1.4) | 1.1 (0.9–1.4) |
| > = 67th | 19.5 (50/256) | 1.1 (0.8–1.5) | 1.1 (0.8–1.5) | |
| 33rd- <67th | 20.8 (55/265) | 1.2 (0.9–1.6) | 1.2 (0.9–1.6) | |
| > 0- <33rd | 19.0 (47/248) | 1.1 (0.8–1.5) | 1.1 (0.8–1.5) | |
| None | 17.8 (92/518) | Reference | Reference | |
| Bipolar Disorder | Any | 5.5 (36/653) | 1.7 (0.9–3.2) | 1.8 (0.9–3.5) |
| > = 67th | 5.1 (11/217) | 1.6 (0.7–3.5) | 1.6 (0.7–3.7) | |
| 33rd- <67th | 3.2 (7/217) | 1.0 (0.4–2.5) | 1.1 (0.4–2.7) | |
| > 0- <33rd | 8.2 (18/219) | 2.6 (1.3–5.1) | 2.7 (1.3–5.6) | |
| None | 3.2 (14/440) | Reference | Reference | |
| Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder | Any | 7.1 (47/664) | 1.5 (0.9–25) | 1.5 (0.9–2.5) |
| > = 67th | 6.4 (14/220) | 1.4 (0.7–2.6) | 1.4 (0.7–2.6) | |
| 33rd- <67th | 6.7 (15/225) | 1.4 (0.7–2.7) | 1.4 (0.7–2.7) | |
| > 0- <33rd | 8.2 (18/219) | 1.7 (1.0–3.2) | 1.7 (0.9–3.2) | |
| None | 4.7 (21/447) | Reference | Reference | |
| Schizophrenia | Any | 0.5 (3/620) | 2.1 (0.2–20.0) | 2.1 (0.2–20.0) |
| > = 67th | 0.0 (0/206) | |||
| 33rd- <67th | 0.9 (2/212) | |||
| > 0- <33rd | 0.5 (1/202) | |||
| None | 0.2 (1/427) | Reference | Reference |
aGEE Generalized estimating equations
Reference
- 1.Aschengrau, et al. Occurrence of mental illness following prenatal and early childhood exposure to tetrachloroethylene (PCE)-contaminated drinking water: a retrospective cohort study. Environ Health. 2012;11:2. doi: 10.1186/1476-069X-11-2. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]