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Table 3 In-utero exposure to persistent organic pollutants and birth weight

From: Persistent organic pollutants as risk factors for type 2 diabetes

Reference

Sample size

Exposure type

Compound used

Direction of the association

Confounders

[67]

2246

Occupational

Not stated

No association

Maternal BMI, height, parity, smoking during pregnancy, infant sex

[56]

1322 singleton

Background

CB-153 and p,p’ -DDE

Negative

Maternal age, pre-pregnancy BMI, education, marital status, smoking status, alcohol drinking, parity and newborn’s sex

[55]

286 women

Background

PBDEs

Negative

Maternal age, education, marital status, parity, BMI, country of birth, alcohol and drug use during pregnancy and infant sex

[57]

494

Background

DDT, DDE, HCB and PCBs

Negative

Age, height, pregnancy weight gain, pre-pregnancy BMI, country of origin, residence, parity, education, employment during pregnancy, socioeconomic status

[68]

247 children

Occupational

Not stated

Negative

Maternal smoking, social class and gestational age

[59]

503 women

Background

Not stated

No association

Race, education, age, gestational age at delivery and Child’s sex

[58]

413

Background

PCBs and PBDEs

Positive with PCB and negative with PBDEs

Maternal age, pre-pregnancy BMI, weight gain during pregnancy, education, smoking during pregnancy and sex of the child

[69]

325

Not stated

14 OC pesticides, 7 PCBs and 14 PBDEs

Negative

Age, pre-pregnancy BMI, educational level, and fish consumption

  1. Organochlorine (OC) pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), 2,2,4,4,5,5-hexachlorobiphenyl (CB-153), 2,2′-bis(4-chlorophenyl)-1,1-dichloroethylene (p,p′-DDE), di-chlorodiphenyl-trichloro-ethane (DDT), hexachlorobenzene (HCB), body mass index (BMI).