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Table 5 Associations between high PBDE exposure and child BMI z-score stratified by child sex and by child race/ethnicity

From: Prenatal exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers and BMI Z-scores from 5 to 14 years

 

Beta Coefficient (95% Confidence Interval)ab

Sex-Stratified

Ethnicity-Stratified

PBDE

Male

Female

Interaction P Value

Dominican

African American

Interaction P Value

BDE-47 > 36.9 ng/mL

−0.34 (− 0.76, 0.08)

−0.17 (− 0.63, 0.3)

0.41

−0.26 (− 0.7, 0.18)

−0.04 (− 0.5, 0.43)

0.14

BDE-99 > 7.98 ng/mL

−0.28 (− 0.73, 0.16)

0.1 (− 0.36, 0.56)

0.24

0.003 (− 0.47, 0.48)

0.05 (− 0.39, 0.5)

0.73

BDE-100 > 5.53 ng/mL

−0.23 (− 0.66, 0.2)

−0.06 (− 0.52, 0.4)

0.47

−0.12 (− 0.55, 0.32)

0.05 (− 0.41, 0.51)

0.51

BDE-153 > 3.79 ng/mL

−0.28 (− 0.74, 0.17)

−0.1 (− 0.63, 0.44)

0.47

−0.18 (− 0.65, 0.3)

0.09 (− 0.42, 0.61)

0.46

ΣPBDE > 56 ng/mL

−0.33 (− 0.76, 0.09)

−0.14 (− 0.61, 0.34)

0.38

−0.18 (− 0.62, 0.26)

−0.07 (− 0.54, 0.39)

0.2

  1. aBeta coefficients are interpreted as the change in BMI Z-score when each PBDE is increased from low (< 80th percentile) to high (>80th percentile) in models adjusted for maternal parity (primiparous/multiparous), age at birth, ethnicity (Dominican/African American), receipt of public assistance (yes/no), completed high school (yes/no), partnership status (partnered/single), and linear and quadratic child age at visit (centered at age 5) and child sex with IPW
  2. P-value Thresholds: ***P ≤ 0.001; **P ≤ 0.05, *P ≤ 0.1