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.