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Table 2 OPE metabolite concentration (μg/L) overall and by GWG category in pooled maternal urine samples

From: Maternal urinary concentrations of organophosphate ester metabolites: associations with gestational weight gain, early life anthropometry, and infant eating behaviors among mothers-infant pairs in Rhode Island

GWG Categories

N

OPE: Median (IQR)

BECP

BDCPP

DPHP

Overall

56

0.31 (0.17, 0.54)

1.18 (0.65, 2.20)

0.93 (0.73, 1.95)

Limited

38

0.35 (0.17, 0.60)

0.97 (0.59, 2.05)

0.87 (0.61, 1.66)

Appropriate

17

0.30 (0.19, 0.42)

1.84 (0.97, 5.05)

1.27 (0.87, 2.13)

  1. Gestational weight gain categories were calculated according to the Institute of Medicine’s guidelines [43]. Only one woman in our study had excessive GWG
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Environmental Health

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