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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Pollut. 2020 Aug 15;267:115427. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115427

Table 4:

Associations between persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and child weight status at 18 months

Higher POPs (>the mean level) Unadjusted OR 95% CI Adjusted ORa,b 95% CI
PBDE47 0.73 0.33 to 1.61 0.81 0.33 to 1.98
PBDE99 1.27 0.58 to 2.82 1.38 0.56 to 3.42
DDE 0.36 0.16 to 0.81* 0.32 0.13 to 0.81*
PFOA 0.98 0.44 to 2.17 0.91 0.36 to 2.29
PFOS 0.53 0.24 to 1.18 0.43 0.17 to 1.09
PFNA 0.48 0.21 to 1.08 0.42 0.17 to 1.04
PFHxS 0.72 0.33 to 1.60 0.75 0.30 to 1.85
a

Logistic regression models adjusted for maternal age, maternal education, maternal depressive symptoms, pre-pregnancy BMI, gestational age, parity and intervention status.; OR: odds ratio; C.I.: confidence interval for exp (B)

b

Reference: Healthy weight status

*

Denoting p < 0.05

**

Denoting statistical significance p < 0.00714 (Bonferroni adjustment; 0.05/7 = 0.00714).