Table 7

Crude and adjusted relative risks of small for gestational age for trimester specific and pregnancy average total trihalomethane (TTHM) exposure among term births

Small for gestational age
TTHM (μg/l)First trimesterSecond trimesterThird trimesterPregnancy average
*Odds ratios adjusted for adequacy of prenatal care, maternal education, maternal smoking, maternal age, parity, median household income, previous infant weighing 4000 g or more, previous preterm delivery, and maternal medical history (diabetes, eclampsia, hydramnios, chronic hypertension, hypertension during pregnancy, incompetent cervix, lung disease, renal disease, and uterine bleeding).
Crude OR (95% CI)
    0–601.01.01.01.0
    >60–801.06 (0.97 to 1.17)1.05 (0.95 to 1.16)1.03 (0.94 to 1.13)1.06 (0.98 to 1.15)
    >801.11 (1.09 to 1.23)1.20 (1.10 to 1.31)1.09 (1.05 to 1.26)1.27 (1.15 to 1.40)
Adjusted OR (95% CI)*
    0–601.01.01.01.0
    >60–801.00 (0.89 to 1.10)0.99 (0.89 to 1.10)0.98 (0.89 to 1.09)1.00 (0.92 to 1.09)
    >801.09 (0.98 to 1.21)1.13 (1.03 to 1.24)1.03 (0.94 to 1.14)1.14 (1.02 to 1.26)