Table 4.

Adjusted association between NNNS scales and mercury concentrations.

NNNS scales	Modela	Mercury concentration			Fish consumption (meals) or PUFA intake (g)
		Beta	Std err	p value	Beta	Std err	p value
Attention	Maternal WBTHg	0.197	0.102	0.054
Handling	Maternal WBTHg	−0.038	0.022	0.08
Asymmetry (male)	Maternal WBTHg	−0.090	0.104	0.38
Asymmetry (female)	Maternal WBTHg	0.171	0.083	0.04
Attention	Cord WBTHg	0.165	0.085	0.054
Handling	Cord WBTHg	−0.042	0.019	0.03
Asymmetry (male)	Cord WBTHg	0.065	0.097	0.50
Asymmetry (female)	Cord WBTHg	0.159	0.072	0.03
Attention	Maternal WBTHg and fish	0.152	0.124	0.22	0.003	0.005	0.56
Handling	Maternal WBTHg and fish	−0.001	0.026	0.98	−0.003	0.001	0.01
Asymmetry (male)	Maternal WBTHg and fish	−0.129	0.124	0.30	0.003	0.005	0.55
Asymmetry (female)	Maternal WBTHg and fish	0.08	0.102	0.43	0.005	0.004	0.15
Attention	Cord WBTHg and fish	0.119	0.100	0.23	0.004	0.005	0.48
Handling	Cord WBTHg and fish	−0.021	0.022	0.35	−0.002	0.001	0.07
Asymmetry (male)	Cord WBTHg and fish	0.099	0.109	0.36	−0.002	0.006	0.73
Asymmetry (female)	Cord WBTHg and fish	0.073	0.087	0.40	0.008	0.004	0.09
Attention	Maternal WBTHg and PUFA	0.138	0.119	0.24	0.004	0.005	0.35
Handling	Maternal WBTHg and PUFA	−0.0003	0.025	0.99	−0.003	0.001	0.002
Asymmetry (male)	Maternal WBTHg and PUFA	−0.129	0.120	0.28	0.003	0.005	0.50
Asymmetry (female)	Maternal WBTHg and PUFA	0.054	0.097	0.58	0.007	0.003	0.02
Attention	Cord WBTHg and PUFA	0.108	0.098	0.27	0.005	0.005	0.31
Handling	Cord WBTHg and PUFA	−0.017	0.022	0.44	−0.003	0.001	0.02
Asymmetry (male)	Cord WBTHg and PUFA	0.087	0.110	0.43	0.001	0.005	0.92
Asymmetry (female)	Cord WBTHg and PUFA	0.052	0.083	0.53	0.010	0.004	0.01

Bold numbers indicate significance at p < 0.5.

^aAll models adjusted for child age at exam, child sex (in full sample only), income, maternal marital status, maternal alcohol use and maternal serum cotinine.