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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Dec 20.
Published in final edited form as: Sci Total Environ. 2020 Aug 11;749:141581. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141581

Table 3:

Results from linear mixed models depicting the percent changes in CRH and reproductive hormone concentrations associated with an interquartile range increase in PAH metabolite concentrations over the study period.

CRH Estriol Progesterone
%Δ (95% CI) P-Value %Δ (95% CI) P-Value %Δ (95% CI) P-Value
1-OH-NAP 14.0 (4.06, 24.9) 0.005 −0.33 (−6.93, 6.75) 0.925 1.67 (−3.93, 7.60) 0.568
2-OH-NAP −6.36 (−15.3, 3.54) 0.202 −3.30 (−9.98, 3.87) 0.359 −2.23 (−7.85, 3.73) 0.456
1-OH-PYR 9.21 (−1.93, 21.6) 0.110 13.2 (4.73, 22.3) 0.002 8.11 (1.37, 15.3) 0.019
2-OH-FLU 15.3 (4.54, 27.1) 0.005 2.92 (−4.13, 10.5) 0.428 2.91 (−2.98, 9.16) 0.342
1-OH-PHE 24.3 (13.0, 36.7) 0.000 11.3 (3.94, 19.23 0.003 9.53 (3.47, 15.9) 0.002
Σ2,3-OH-PHE 18.1 (7.00, 30.4) 0.001 10.1 (2.47, 18.3) 0.009 4.52 (−1.55, 11.0) 0.149
Progesterone/Estriol Testosterone SHBG
%Δ (95% CI) P-Value %Δ (95% CI) P-Value %Δ (95% CI) P-Value
1-OH-NAP 2.53 (−2.76, 8.11) 0.357 −17.2 (−25.4, −8.13) 0.000 −0.18 (−3.28, 3.02) 0.910
2-OH-NAP 0.76 (−4.74, 6.57) 0.792 7.30 (−4.66, 20.8) 0.244 −3.39 (−6.79, 0.13) 0.061
1-OH-PYR −5.64 (−11.2, 0.27) 0.063 −12.4 (−22.6, −0.88) 0.037 4.00 (0.22, 7.94) 0.039
2-OH-FLU −0.65 (−6.00, 5.01) 0.819 −14.0 (−23.1, −3.82) 0.009 0.11 (−3.22, 3.56) 0.947
1-OH-PHE −2.67 (−7.81, 2.75) 0.329 −18.0 (−26.6, −8.28) 0.001 3.38 (−0.06, 6.93) 0.055
Σ2,3-OH-PHE −5.60 (−10.8, −0.15) 0.046 −4.76 (−15.0, 6.67) 0.400 1.10 (−2.31, 4.62) 0.533

All models adjusted for continuous maternal age, categorical maternal education, categorical maternal exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, and specific gravity.