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Table 3 Multivariate model results for change in birth weight associated with full pregnancy pollutant exposures measured at 3 km, 5 km, and 10 km monitor distance.

From: Ambient air pollution exposure and full-term birth weight in California

 

change in birth weight, in grams (95% confidence limits)

odds ratio of birth weight under 2,500 g (95% confidence limits)

CO, per ppm

  

at 3 km

-2.5 (-5.4, 0.3)

1.02 (0.98, 1.07)

at 5 km

-5.9 (-7.8, -3.9)

1.06 (1.03, 1.09)

at 10 km

-5.4 (-6.8, -4.1)

1.04 (1.02, 1.06)

NO2, per pphm

  

at 3 km

-8.3 (-9.6, -7.0)

1.03 (1.01, 1.05)

at 5 km

-9.7 (-10.6, -8.8)

1.04 (1.03, 1.05)

at 10 km

-9.0 (-9.6, -8.4)

1.03 (1.02, 1.04)

O3, per pphm

  

at 3 km

-8.9 (-10.6, -7.1)

1.01 (0.98, 1.03)

at 5 km

-7.0 (-8.2, -5.8)

0.98 (0.97, 1.00)

at 10 km

-5.7 (-6.6. -4.9)

0.98 (0.97, 0.99)

SO2, per ppb

  

at 3 km

1.7 (-0.3, 3.8)

1.02 (0.99, 1.06)

at 5 km

2.4 (1.0, 3.7)

1.01 (0.99, 1.03)

at 10 km

3.1 (2.3, 3.8)

1.01 (1.00, 1.02)

PM10, per 10 μ g/m3

  

at 3 km

-5.5 (-6.9, -4.1)

1.00 (0.97, 1.02)

at 5 km

-7.6 (-8.5, -6.7)

1.00 (0.98, 1.01)

at 10 km

-7.2 (-7.9, -6.6)

1.00 (0.99, 1.01)

PM2.5, per 10 μ g/m3

  

at 3 km

-9.2 (-12.5,-5.9)

1.04 (0.99, 1.09)

at 5 km

-11.4 (-13.5, -9.3)

1.05 (1.02, 1.08)

at 10 km

-12.8 (-14.3, -11.3)

1.04 (1.02, 1.07)

PMcoarse, per 10 μ g/m3

  

at 3 km

-9.4 (-12.8, -6.0)

1.00 (0.95, 1.05)

at 5 km

-10.1 (-12.2, -8.0)

0.99 (0.96, 1.02)

at 10 km

-9.3 (-10.7, -7.9)

0.99 (0.97, 1.01)

  1. Models adjusted for infant sex, gestational age, season and year of birth, parity, maternal factors (race/ethnicity, educational attainment, marital status, access to prenatal care, birth place, age) and neighborhood SES measures (poverty rate, home ownership, educational attainment, unemployment rate).