Table 6 Comparisons of Bayley-III scores at 3 years of age between high and low TCDD exposure groups.

From: Impacts of perinatal dioxin exposure on gaze behavior in 2-year-old children in the largest dioxin-contaminated area in Vietnam

 

TCDD ≥ 3.5 pg/g lipid

TCDD < 3.5 pg/g lipid

p-value

Mean

SD

Adj mean

SE

Mean

SD

Adj mean

SE

All

(N = 9)

   

(N = 39)

    

 Cognition

91.1

4.9

91.3

2.2

91.4

6.6

91.3

1.0

0.998

 Composite language

94.8

12.2

95.8

3.4

94.4

9.6

94.1

1.6

0.656

 Expressive language

8.1

1.7

8.4

0.5

8.7

1.6

8.6

0.3

0.627

 Receptive language

10.1

2.6

10.2

0.7

9.3

2.0

9.3

0.3

0.241

 Composite motor

99.4

7.4

99.7

4.8

106.6

15.9

106.5

2.2

0.211

 Fine motor

9.9

2.1

9.9

0.9

10.2

2.8

10.2

0.4

0.769

 Gross motor

9.9

1.5

10.0

1.0

12.0

3.2

12.0

0.5

0.077

Boys

(N = 3)

   

(N = 17)

    

 Cognition

90.0

0.0

89.2

3.9

90.3

7.0

90.4

1.6

0.788

 Composite language

97.0

3.0

95.8

5.1

91.3

9.8

91.5

2.1

0.415

 Expressive language

8.3

0.6

8.3

1.0

8.5

1.9

8.5

0.4

0.836

 Receptive language

10.7

1.2

10.3

1.0

8.5

1.8

8.6

0.4

0.111

 Composite motor

101.0

3.5

98.7

8.4

100.3

15.5

100.7

3.4

0.831

 Fine motor

9.3

1.5

9.0

1.6

9.5

2.9

9.6

0.6

0.767

 Gross motor

11.0

1.7

10.6

1.5

10.6

2.7

10.6

0.6

0.968

Girls

(N = 6)

   

(N = 22)

    

 Cognition

91.7

6.1

92.1

2.9

92.3

6.3

92.2

1.4

0.989

 Composite language

93.7

15.2

94.4

4.7

96.8

8.8

96.6

2.3

0.695

 Expressive language

8.0

2.1

8.2

0.7

8.9

1.3

8.8

0.3

0.451

 Receptive language

9.8

3.1

9.9

1.0

10.0

1.9

10.0

0.5

0.945

 Composite motor

98.7

9.0

99.1

6.3

111.7

14.7

111.6

3.1

0.097

 Fine motor

10.2

2.5

10.0

1.2

10.7

2.7

10.8

0.6

0.561

 Gross motor

9.3

1.2

13.1

0.7

13.1

3.2

13.1

0.7

0.038

  1. Significant values are in bold.
  2. SD standard deviation, SE Standard error, Adj.mean adjusted mean for maternal education, gender, and family member smoking for all participants and for maternal years of education, and family member smoking for each sex; N: number of subjects, TEQ-PCDD/Fs Toxic equivalent of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzo furans.