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The PCB concentrations among the 69 mothers who were missing data were higher (geometric mean: 2.07 ng/mL) than for the mothers who were not missing data (geometric mean: 1.56 ng/mL).
On one hand, there is increasing and rather convincing observational and experimental data underscoring the beneficial effects of marine fish consumption on fetal growth and gestation [ 1 2 3 ] . On the other hand, consumption of environmentally contaminated fish has been associated with decrements in gestation and birth weight in some studies [ 4 5 6 ] . Animal evidence suggests that Rhesus monkeys, rats and mice exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in utero have reductions in length of gestation and growth [ 7 8 9 ] . The results from accidental environmental exposures also report adverse effects on birth size and ectodermal manifestations among fetuses to various polyhalogenated hydrocarbons [ 10 11 ] . One occupational study has reported a negative relation between PCB exposure and infant birth weight, which no longer remained significant after adjusting for gestation and other variables related to birth weight [ 12 ] . Results from a birth cohort study in the Faroe Islands, a community with a high intake of marine fish, whale meat and blubber, supported a relation between marine fatty acids and diminished birth weight for gestation, but the effects were not attributed to the mercury or PCB exposure [ 13 ] .
The pattern of our current results over the quintiles of maternal serum PCB concentrations (fig.
We ran additional analyses after applying the toxicokinetic model to revise measured serum PCB concentrations to account for the time interval between the childrens' births and the blood draw from the parents.
426) and the fathers' PCB concentrations higher (geometric mean: 2.85 ng/mL) than for fathers without missing data (ratio: 0.510; geometric mean PCB: 2.76 ng/mL).
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