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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Feb 22.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Int. 2018 Dec 6;123:189–200. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2018.11.067

Table 3.

Median absolute correlation within exposure groups for the pregnancy and childhood periods. Overall and centered within-cohort correlations are provided.

Exposure group Pregnancy period Childhood period
N Overall
Median (min-max)
Within-cohort
Median (min-max)
I2
Median (min-max)
N Overall
Median (min-max)
Within-cohort
Median (min-max)
I2
Median (min-max)
All exposure variables 87 0.08 (0.00–0.99) 0.03 (0.00–0.94) 0.54 (0.00–0.99) 122 0.07 (0.00–0.98) 0.03 (0.00–0.98) 0.00 (0.00–0.99)
Atmospheric pollutants 4 0.30 (0.11–0.74) 0.53 (0.47–0.63) 0.96 (0.94–0.97) 4 0.44 (0.21–0.76) 0.55 (0.47–0.62) 0.97 (0.89–0.98)
UV 0 - - - 1  - - -
Surrounding natural spaces 3 0.07 (0.02–0.22) 0.05 (0.04–0.32) 0.51 (0.00–0.79) 6 0.11 (0.01–0.67) 0.09 (0.01–0.34) 0.26 (0.00–0.90)
Meteorology 3 0.54 (0.27–0.70) 0.11 (0.10–0.59) 0.95 (0.95–0.98) 2 0.67 (0.67–0.67) 0.47 (0.47–0.47) 0.97 (0.97–0.97)
Built environment 9 0.27 (0.01–0.89) 0.28 (0.01–0.89) 0.86 (0.00–0.98) 15 0.27(0.00–0.72) 0.17(0.00–0.68) 0.71 (0.00–0.97)
Traffic 3 0.26 (0.06–0.31) 0.21 (0.10–0.35) 0.84 (0.82–0.93) 5 0.20 (0.11–0.57) 0.13 (0.02–0.56) 0.70 (0.00–0.99)
Road traffic noise 1  -  - 3 0.34 (0.23–0.59) 0.11 (0.05–0.32) 0.24 (0.00–0.99)
OCs 8 0.38 (0.01–0.97) 0.42 (0.11–0.95) 0.92 (0.63–0.99) 8 0.42 (0.05–0.96) 0.56 (0.18–0.94) 0.83 (0.00–0.97)
PBDE 2 0.21 (0.21–0.21) 0.11 (0.11–0.11) 0.87 (0.87–0.87) 2 0.36 (0.36–0.36) 0.34 (0.34–0.34) 0.37 (0.37–0.37)
PFASs 5 0.49 (0.12–0.67) 0.52 (0.29–0.73) 0.91 (0.54–0.94) 5 0.45 (0.30–0.60) 0.50 (0.26–0.55) 0.67 (0.00–0.92)
Metals and elements 10 0.07 (0.00–0.99) 0.03 (0.00–0.30) 0.00 (0.00–0.91) 10 0.06 (0.01–0.51) 0.09 (0.01–0.42) 0.07 (0.00–0.89)
Phthalate metabolites 10 0.23 (0.00–0.91) 0.21 (0.00–0.91) 0.65 (0.00–0.99) 10 0.25 (0.08–0.98) 0.25 (0.06–0.97) 0.23 (0.00–0.92)
Phenols 7 0.18 (0.01–0.57) 0.14 (0.03–0.53) 0.31 (0.00–0.99) 7 0.21 (0.07–0.64) 0.17 (0.07–0.58) 0.40 (0.00–0.95)
OP pesticide metabolites 4 0.32 (0.24–0.63) 0.33 (0.24–0.59) 0.85 (0.74–0.97) 5 0.26 (0.18–0.50) 0.27 (0.17–0.51) 0.61 (0.00–0.93)
Tobacco smoking 3 0.54 (0.27–0.62) 0.41(0.33–0.45) 0.91 (0.83–0.91) 3 0.42 (0.38–0.51) 0.43 (0.37–0.51) 0.88 (0.85–0.90)
Water DBPs 3 0.69 (0.39–0.76) 0.38 (0.19–0.39) 0.97 (0.86–0.99) 0 - - -
Indoor air pollution 0 - - - 5 0.20 (0.05–0.43) 0.14 (0.01–0.53) 0.60 (0.00–0.83)
Lifestyle 12 0.11 (0–0.42) 0.03 (0.00–0.14) 0.00 (0.00–0.58) 27 0.07 (0.00–0.59) 0.04 (0.00–0.70) 0.00 (0.00–0.91)
Socio-economic capital 0 - - - 4 0.06 (0.02–0.15) 0.04 (0.00–0.13) 0.00 (0.00–0.46)

N: number of compounds assessed in the exposure family. min-max: minimum and maximum values observed across all pairs of exposures in the exposure group