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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Res. 2021 Dec 13;205:112551. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.112551

Table 4.

Mean planning and speaking HRV frequency measure (LF/HF) for children dependent on BLLs at age 3-5 years

Predictors
HRV 11 HRV 1 1 HRV 2 2 HRV 2 2
R2 0.0010 R2 0.0117 R2 0.0113 R2 0.0533
BLLs Dichotomized -
> 5 mcg/dl 0.01 [−0.19, 0.41] 3 0.10 [−0.22, 0.41] 3 0.35 [0.06, 0.63] 0.36 [0.08, 0.65]
≤ 5 mcg/dl Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
Father Occupation
Unemployed −0.25 [−1.12, 0.62] 0.27 [−0.47, 1.01]
Unskilled/skilled −0.05 [−0.41, 0.32] −0.01 [−0.34, 0.32]
Professional Ref Ref
Mother Occupation
Unemployed 0.09 [−0.38, 0.57] 0.23 [−0.16, 0.63]
Unskilled/skilled −0.02 [−0.45, 0.41] 0.01 [−0.37, 0.38]
Professional Ref Ref
Age at HRV test −0.12 [−0.48, 0.24] 0.20 [−0.19, 0.60]
Sex
Female 0.07 [−0.22, 0.37] 0.48 [0.20, 0.76]
Male Ref Ref
Serum Fe 0.16 [−0.02, 0.33] 0.15 [−0.03, 0.27]
Neighborhood
Crowded −0.06 [−0.36, 0.24] 0.15 [−014, 0.43]
Not Crowded Ref Ref
1

Model with planning phase HRV LF/HF ratio

2

Model with speaking phase HRV LF/HF ratio

3

Coefficient [95% Confidence Interval]

Bolded= p-value < 0.05

Notes. Models represent the LF/HF outcome. An increasing LF/HF ratio indicates a decreasing HRV value.