A prospective cohort study of the association between drinking water arsenic exposure and self-reported maternal health symptoms during pregnancy in Bangladesh

Table 5 Association between arsenic exposure categorized above/below 10 μg/l and self-reported symptoms during pregnancy in 1,262 women recruited in Bangladesh from multiple logistic regression models (2008–2011)

	Any symptom		Cold/Flu/Infection		Nausea/Vomiting		Abdominal cramping		Severe headache
	Crude OR	Adjusted OR	Crude OR	Adjusted OR	Crude OR	Adjusted OR	Crude OR	Adjusted OR	Crude OR	Adjusted OR
	(95% CI)	(95% CI)	(95% CI)	(95% CI)	(95% CI)	(95% CI)	(95% CI)	(95% CI)	(95% CI)	(95% CI)
Water arsenic
Above 10 μg/L	3.57 (2.73, 4.66)	2.99 (2.21, 4.04)	0.73 (0.54, 0.99)	0.61 (0.43, 0.86)	2.02 (1.60, 2.55)	1.62 (1.25, 2.10)	2.83 (2.20, 3.64)	2.39 (1.83, 3.13)	1.30 (1.02, 1.65)	1.14 (0.87, 1.50)
Below 10 μg/L	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

Adjusted models include age, BMI, second-hand smoke exposure, maternal educational status, parity, anemia status, ferritin status, type of sanitation used at home, use of herbal remedy or medication, and household income.

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