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