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Table 3 Associations of placental paraben concentrations and placental weight within the ENVIRONAGE birth cohort (n = 141)

From: Weight and head circumference at birth in function of placental paraben load in Belgium: an ENVIRONAGE birth cohort study

 

Girls and boys

 

Girls

 

Boys

 

Analyte

adjusted β (95%CI)

p-value

adjusted β (95%CI)

p-value

adjusted β (95%CI)

p-value

EtP

−24.8 (−55.5, 6.0)

0.11

−51.7 (−96.1, −7.2)

0.02

−28.4 (−76.4, 19.7)

0.24

∑ parabens

−25.2 (−53.5, 3.1)

0.08

−45.3 (−86.2, −4.4)

0.03

−26.4 (−69.9, 16.9)

0.23

  1. Results from adjusted analyses included maternal age, maternal pre-gestational BMI, smoking behavior and educational level, as well as parity, gestational age and sex of the newborn as covariates