Table 3

Characteristics of mothers and their children by maternal serum PCB quintile.


Quintile of serum PCB



1
2
3
4
5

Mothers, n
34
35
35
35
34
Children analyzed, n
34
35
35
35
34
Serum PCB (ng/mL)- nondetects imputed, geometric mean (range)
0.7 (0.5–0.9)
1.0 (0.9–1.1)
1.4 (1.1–1.7)
2.2 (1.7–3.0)
4.7 (3.0–12.1)
Serum PCB (ng/mL)- nondetects assigned 0, geometric mean (range)
0.5 (0–0.8)
0.8 (0.4–1.1)
1.1 (0.7–1.6)
2.1 (1.4–2.9)
4.6 (2.9–11.9)
Crude sex ratio
0.706
0.629
0.457
0.657
0.412
Year of child's birth, mean ± sd
1988 ± 5
1983 ± 7
1985 ± 7
1982 ± 6
1980 ± 6
Yrs between delivery and blood analysis, mean ± sd
6.2 ± 5.1
10.1 ± 6.8
8.9 ± 6.8
11.1 ± 6.1
13.6 ± 5.8
Father's age (yrs) at delivery, mean ± sd
31.2 ± 5.5
31.3 ± 5.0
33.9 ± 5.5
32.3 ± 6.9
30.6 ± 5.3
Mother's age (yrs) at delivery, mean ± sd
29.7 ± 4.9
29.2 ± 3.8
30.3 ± 4.9
29.4 ± 4.0
28.3 ± 4.6
Captains cohort, n (%)
16 (47.1)
30 (85.7)
29 (82.9)
34 (97.1)
33 (97.1)
Previous male child, n (%)
19 (55.9)
26 (74.3)
19 (54.3)
16 (45.7)
17 (50.0)
Parity of mother, n (%)





     1
7 (20.6)
13 (37.1)
12 (34.3)
9 (25.7)
7 (20.6)
     2
17 (50.0)
15 (42.9)
16 (45.7)
21 (60.0)
19 (55.9)
     >2
10 (29.4)
7 (20.0)
7 (20.0)
5 (14.3)
8 (23.5)

Weisskopf et al. Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source 2003 2:2   doi:10.1186/1476-069X-2-2