Maternal levels of endocrine disruptors, polybrominated diphenyl ethers, in early pregnancy are not associated with lower birth weight in the Canadian birth cohort GESTE

Table 3 Spearman correlation coefficients for PBDEs, PCBs, mercury, lead, cadmium, manganese levels, birth weight and gestational age at recruitment (N = 349)

	BW	GAR	Cadmium	Manganese	Mercury	Lead	Sum of PBDEs	BDE-47	BDE-99	BDE-100	BDE-153	Sum of PCBs	CB-138	CB-153
BW	-
GAR	−0.03	-
Cadmium	−0.12*	0.02	-
Manganese	0.05	−0.06	−0.07	-
HgT	−0.01	−0.02	0.07	0.31***	-
Lead	−0.10	−0.01	0.24***	0.25***	0.17**	-
Sum of PBDEs	0.03	0.05	−0.03	0.00	0.04	−0.02	-
BDE-47	0.05	0.08	−0.03	−0.01	0.04	−0.04	0.95***	-
BDE-99	0.06	−0.004	−0.02	0.00	0.01	−0.03	0.73***	0.58***	-
BDE-100	0.02	0.06	−0.04	0.03	0.00	0.06	0.28***	0.11	0.19**	-
BDE-153	−0.09	−0.09	0.01	0.01	0.00	0.10	0.53***	0.32***	0.54***	0.14*	-
Sum of PCBs	0.08	0.12*	−0.08	0.12*	0.06	0.08	0.26***	0.26***	0.22***	0.09	0.12*	-
CB-138	0.10*	0.10*	−0.05	0.08	0.03	0.04	0.12*	0.13*	0.08	0.09	0.06	0.76***	-
CB-153	0.05	0.09	−0.06	0.14*	0.06	0.05	0.31***	0.32***	0.25***	0.06***	0.09	0.84***	0.39	-
CB-180	0.046	0.09	−0.06	0.03	0.04	0.12*	0.13*	0.12*	0.17**	0.06	0.17**	0.75***	0.49***	0.46***

All contaminants were expressed in ng/mL and below-LOD values were excluded. BW is expressed in g
GAR Gestational age at recruitment
* < 0.05; ** < 0.01; *** < 0.0001

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