Table 4

Adjusted analysis for the model of birth weight, adjusted for exposure of PFOS, nutrition as measured by MNI and covariates, with an indicator for low and high fish consumption defined by an indicator variable (see figure 2; with cut-off at 0.35 times/week). Continuous variables were Z-scored for ease of interpretation. The scale is an estimate of root mean square error.

ParameterEstimateSE
P value
Intercept3679.1340.73<0.001
MNI_Z33.4314.410.020
logPFOS_Z−120.5034.790.001
Fish sum indicator40.3138.130.290
logPFOS_Z*ish sum indicator71.6337.660.057
Female−91.6926.790.001
Smoker−29.1342.140.489
Weight_Z137.6613.44<0.001
Premature birth−1048.3770.49<0.001
Mom education4.2928.610.881
Energy_Z18.4813.740.179
Scale480.949.44
  • MNI, My Nutrition Index; PFOS, perfluoro-octanesulfonic acid.