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Table 4 Hazardous air pollutants associated with spina bifida identified using Stochastic Search Variable Selection (SSVS) with a Bayes factor greater than 1.00

From: Air toxics and birth defects: a Bayesian hierarchical approach to evaluate multiple pollutants and spina bifida

Pollutant

Pollutant range (μg/m3)

Cases/Controls

Odds ratio1

95%credible interval

Bayes factor

Quinoline

     

    Low

<6.50 × 10-14

18/176

1.00

Ref.

 

    Medium

6.50 × 10-14 - 1.71 × 10-5

434/3149

1.42

(0.87, 2.42)

0.32

    High

>1.71 × 10-5

39/178

2.06

(1.11, 3.87)

1.01

Trichloroethylene

     

    Low

<0.0524

13/176

1.00

Ref.

 

    Medium

0.052 – 0.16

460/3151

2.00

(1.14, 3.61)

3.79

    High

>0.16

18/176

1.32

(0.61, 2.80)

0.60

  1. 1Adjusted for year of birth, maternal education, maternal race/ethnicity, maternal smoking, and census tract poverty status.
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