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. 2020 Jul 26;3(2):162–171. doi: 10.1136/bmjnph-2020-000099

Table 3.

Analysis of the association between MNI (Z-scored in units of SD) from mid-pregnancy FFQs and birth weight adjusted for covariates in table 1 (n=1312). Continuous variables were Z-scored for ease of interpretation. The scale is an estimate of root mean square error

Parameter Model adjustments
Covariates Covariates+PFOS
Estimate SE P value Estimate SE P value
Intercept 3721.30 27.33 <0.001 3744.61 27.67 <0.001
MNI_Z 36.93 14.04 0.009 39.51 13.95 0.005
Female −85.02 26.82 0.002 −88.93 26.65 0.001
Smoker −30.99 42.33 0.464 −25.74 42.05 0.540
Weight_Z 138.55 13.57 <0.001 137.96 13.48 <0.001
Premature birth −1062.14 70.73 <0.001 −1052.63 70.27 <0.001
Mom education −1.32 28.54 0.963 4.90 28.37 0.863
Energy_Z 33.65 14.02 0.016 30.73 13.94 0.028
Log PFOS_Z −70.39 16.31 <0.001
Scale 484.72 9.46 481.31 9.40

FFQ, Food Frequency Questionnaire; MNI, My Nutrition Index; PFOS, perfluoro-octanesulfonic acid.