SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS Project Code
All R code files for this study can be found in a publicly accessible repository at https://github.com/amyonkman/LPA-Paper-Code.
Tables and Figures
Supplementary Table 1: Covariate-adjusted linear regression coefficients showing the relationship between participant demographic characteristics and mean WPPSI-III scores, adjusted for child sex, maternal age, race, and education, marital status, household income, parity, prenatal smoking and alcohol, HOME score, and test city, with 95% confidence intervals (n = 517).
VIQ (95% CI) PIQ (95% CI) FSIQ (95% CI) Intercept 101.8 (95.6, 107.9) 88.3 (81.0, 95.7) 94.3 (87.8, 100.7) Child Sex
Male 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) 0.0 (0.0, 0.0)
Female 4.4 (2.4, 6.4) 3.4 (1.0, 5.9) 4.5 (2.4, 6.6)
Maternal Age
19-29 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) 0.0 (0.0, 0.0)
30-34 -0.6 (-3.6, 2.3) -2.4 (-5.9, 1.2) -1.8 (-4.9, 1.3)
35+ 0.4 (-2.9, 3.7) -3.1 (-7.1, 0.8) -1.6 (-5.0, 1.8)
Maternal Race
White 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) 0.0 (0.0, 0.0)
Other -2.6 (-5.7, 0.6) -1.8 (-5.6, 1.9) -2.4 (-5.7, 0.8)
Maternal Education
Highschool 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) 0.0 (0.0, 0.0)
College 1.4 (-3.6, 6.4) 7.2 (1.3, 13.2) 4.6 (-0.6, 9.8)
Undergraduate 4.8 (-0.2, 9.8) 9.3 (3.4, 15.2) 7.9 (2.7, 13.1)
Graduate 6.9 (1.7, 12.1) 9.6 (3.5, 15.8) 9.3 (3.9, 14.6)
Marital Status
Married 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) 0.0 (0.0, 0.0)
Unmarried -0.2 (-2.8, 2.5) 1.3 (-1.8, 4.5) 0.6 (-2.1, 3.3) Household Income (CAD)
<40 000 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) 0.0 (0.0, 0.0)
40 000 - 80 000 -2.1 (-6.2, 1.9) -4.9 (-9.7, -0.1) -3.9 (-8.1, 0.3) 80 000 - 100 000 -0.9 (-5.2, 3.3) -3.9 (-9.0, 1.2) -2.5 (-7.0, 1.9) >100 000 -1.2 (-5.4, 3.0) -3.8 (-8.7, 1.2) -2.6 (-7.0, 1.7) Parity
0 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) 0.0 (0.0, 0.0)
1 -2.0 (-4.3, 0.3) -1.3 (-4.0, 1.5) -1.8 (-4.2, 0.6)
2 -3.8 (-7.3, -0.3) -2.0 (-6.1, 2.1) -3.3 (-6.9, 0.3)
3+ -6.6 (-12.6, -0.7) -1.0 (-8.1, 6.1) -4.5 (-10.7, 1.7)
Prenatal Smoking
No 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) 0.0 (0.0, 0.0)
Yes -1.4 (-5.2, 2.4) -3.5 (-8.0, 1.0) -2.5 (-6.4, 1.4)
Prenatal Alcohol
No 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) 0.0 (0.0, 0.0)
Yesht 1.5 (-1.2, 4.3) 3.4 (0.1, 6.8) 2.6 (-0.3, 5.5)
HOME Score Quartile
1st 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) 0.0 (0.0, 0.0)
2nd 6.0 (3.2, 8.8) 6.1 (2.7, 9.4) 6.9 (4.0, 9.8)
3rd 6.5 (3.4, 9.6) 5.8 (2.1, 9.5) 7.3 (4.1, 10.6)
4th 7.6 (4.6, 10.7) 7.6 (3.9, 11.2) 8.9 (5.7, 12.1)
Test Site
Montreal 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) 0.0 (0.0, 0.0)
Vancouver 4.6 (0.5, 8.6) 11.7 (6.9, 16.6) 9.4 (5.2, 13.6)
Toronto 2.8 (-1.2, 6.9) 4.5 (-0.3, 9.3) 4.3 (0.1, 8.5)
Hamilton 2.3 (-1.5, 6.0) 8.1 (3.6, 12.6) 6.0 (2.1, 9.9)
Kingston -2.4 (-5.6, 0.8) 4.2 (0.3, 8.0) 0.7 (-2.6, 4.1)
Halifax -3.9 (-7.2, -0.6) 10.6 (6.7, 14.5) 3.7 (0.3, 7.1)
Supplementary Table 2: Covariate-adjusted linear regression coefficients showing the
associations between the log2-concentrations of individual chemical biomarkers and WPPSI-III scores in MIREC participants, adjusted for maternal age, race, education, and marital status, household income, parity, prenatal smoking and alcohol, HOME score, and test city, and stratified by child sex, with 95% confidence intervals (n = 517).
VIQ (95% CI) PIQ (95% CI) FSIQ (95% CI) Metals
Arsenic
All Children -0.5 (-1.7, 0.7) -0.8 (-2.2, 0.6) -0.8 (-2, 0.4) Male Children -0.8 (-2.5, 0.9) -0.2 (-2.2, 1.8) -0.7 (-2.4, 1.1) Female Children 0 (-1.6, 1.7) -1.6 (1.7, -0.8) 1.7 (-0.8, -2.8) Cadmium
All Children -1.1 (-2.2, 0.1) -0.9 (-2.2, 0.4) -1.2 (-2.3, 0) Male Children -1.9 (-3.7, -0.2) -1.6 (-3.7, 0.5) -2.1 (-3.9, -0.2) Female Children -0.1 (-1.5, 1.3) -1.5 (1.3, -0.3) 1.3 (-0.3, -2.1) Lead
All Children -1.4 (-3, 0.3) -1 (-3, 0.9) -1.3 (-3.1, 0.4) Male Children -0.8 (-3.3, 1.6) -0.5 (-3.4, 2.4) -0.7 (-3.3, 1.9) Female Children -2.4 (-4.7, -0.1) -4.7 (-0.1, -1.2) -0.1 (-1.2, -4) Manganese
All Children -0.5 (-2.9, 2) 0 (-2.8, 2.9) -0.3 (-2.9, 2.2) Male Children -0.4 (-3.9, 3) -0.5 (-4.6, 3.6) -0.6 (-4.2, 3.1) Female Children -0.9 (-4.3, 2.4) -4.3 (2.4, 0) 2.4 (0, -4.2) Mercury
All Children -0.1 (-0.9, 0.6) 0.2 (-0.7, 1.1) 0 (-0.8, 0.8)
Male Children -0.1 (-1.3, 1.2) 0.3 (-1.1, 1.8) 0.1 (-1.2, 1.4) Female Children -0.1 (-1.1, 0.9) -1.1 (0.9, 0.6) 0.9 (0.6, -0.7) OCPs
β-HCH
All Children -0.3 (-1.1, 0.5) 0.1 (-0.9, 1) -0.1 (-1, 0.7) Male Children -0.3 (-1.5, 0.9) 0.4 (-1.1, 1.8) 0 (-1.3, 1.3) Female Children -0.4 (-1.5, 0.7) -1.5 (0.7, -0.1) 0.7 (-0.1, -1.5) DDE
All Children -0.7 (-1.8, 0.4) -0.7 (-2, 0.6) -0.8 (-1.9, 0.3) Male Children -1.4 (-3, 0.2) -0.6 (-2.5, 1.3) -1.2 (-2.9, 0.5) Female Children -0.1 (-1.6, 1.4) -1.6 (1.4, -1) 1.4 (-1, -2.9) Oxychlor
All Children -0.4 (-1.8, 1) 0.5 (-1.1, 2.2) 0 (-1.5, 1.5) Male Children -0.8 (-3.1, 1.6) 1.7 (-1.1, 4.4) 0.5 (-2, 2.9) Female Children 0.1 (-1.7, 1.9) -1.7 (1.9, 0.4) 1.9 (0.4, -1.9) Transnona
All Children -0.6 (-2, 0.8) 0.2 (-1.4, 1.8) -0.4 (-1.8, 1.1) Male Children -1.4 (-3.5, 0.8) 0.2 (-2.3, 2.8) -0.8 (-3, 1.5) Female Children -0.3 (-2.1, 1.6) -2.1 (1.6, 0.7) 1.6 (0.7, -1.6) OPPs
DEP
All Children -0.3 (-1.1, 0.6) -0.7 (-1.6, 0.3) -0.5 (-1.4, 0.4) Male Children -1.3 (-2.6, 0.1) -1 (-2.6, 0.6) -1.3 (-2.7, 0.2) Female Children 0.4 (-0.6, 1.4) -0.6 (1.4, -0.5) 1.4 (-0.5, -1.8) DETP
All Children 0.4 (-0.4, 1.1) 0.3 (-0.6, 1.2) 0.4 (-0.4, 1.2) Male Children -0.4 (-1.5, 0.7) -0.6 (-1.9, 0.7) -0.5 (-1.7, 0.7) Female Children 1 (-0.1, 2.1) -0.1 (2.1, 1.4) 2.1 (1.4, 0) DMDTP
All Children 0.6 (0, 1.1) 0 (-0.7, 0.6) 0.3 (-0.2, 0.9)
Male Children 0.7 (-0.2, 1.6) -0.2 (-1.2, 0.9) 0.4 (-0.6, 1.3)
Female Children 0.3 (-0.4, 1) -0.4 (1, 0) 1 (0, -0.9)
DMP
All Children 0.2 (-0.6, 0.9) -0.4 (-1.2, 0.5) -0.1 (-0.8, 0.7) Male Children -0.2 (-1.3, 0.9) -0.4 (-1.7, 0.9) -0.3 (-1.5, 0.9) Female Children 0.3 (-0.7, 1.3) -0.7 (1.3, -0.4) 1.3 (-0.4, -1.7) DMTP
All Children 0.3 (-0.2, 0.8) -0.1 (-0.7, 0.5) 0.1 (-0.4, 0.7) Male Children 0.4 (-0.4, 1.2) -0.1 (-1.1, 0.9) 0.2 (-0.7, 1.1) Female Children 0.2 (-0.4, 0.9) -0.4 (0.9, -0.1) 0.9 (-0.1, -1) Phthalates
MnBP
All Children -0.5 (-1.3, 0.4) -0.8 (-1.9, 0.2) -0.8 (-1.7, 0.2) Male Children -1.1 (-2.4, 0.2) -1.7 (-3.2, -0.2) -1.6 (-3, -0.3) Female Children 0.4 (-0.8, 1.6) -0.8 (1.6, 0) 1.6 (0, -1.5) MBzP
All Children -0.1 (-0.9, 0.7) 0.2 (-0.8, 1.1) 0 (-0.8, 0.9) Male Children -0.1 (-1.3, 1.1) 0.2 (-1.2, 1.7) 0.1 (-1.2, 1.4)
Female Children 0 (-1.1, 1) -1.1 (1, 0) 1 (0, -1.3)
MCPP
All Children -0.4 (-1, 0.2) -1.1 (-1.8, -0.4) -0.9 (-1.5, -0.2)
Male Children -0.3 (-1.1, 0.6) -0.9 (-1.9, 0.1) -0.6 (-1.5, 0.2) Female Children -0.1 (-1, 0.7) -1 (0.7, -1.1) 0.7 (-1.1, -2.2) MEP
All Children 0 (-0.6, 0.5) 0 (-0.6, 0.6) 0 (-0.6, 0.5)
Male Children 0.7 (-0.1, 1.6) 0.3 (-0.7, 1.3) 0.6 (-0.3, 1.5) Female Children -0.7 (-1.4, 0) -1.4 (0, -0.5) 0 (-0.5, -1.3) Sum of DEHP
All Children -0.3 (-1.3, 0.7) -1.4 (-2.6, -0.2) -0.9 (-2, 0.1) Male Children 0 (-1.5, 1.5) -1.6 (-3.3, 0.2) -0.8 (-2.4, 0.8) Female Children 0.2 (-1.2, 1.6) -1.2 (1.6, -0.9) 1.6 (-0.9, -2.6) PCBs
PCB118
All Children -1.1 (-2.3, 0.2) 0.2 (-1.3, 1.7) -0.6 (-1.9, 0.7) Male Children -1.5 (-3.3, 0.3) 0.4 (-1.8, 2.5) -0.7 (-2.6, 1.2) Female Children -0.5 (-2.2, 1.2) -2.2 (1.2, 0.2) 1.2 (0.2, -1.9) PCB138
All Children -0.8 (-1.9, 0.4) -0.6 (-2, 0.7) -0.8 (-2, 0.4) Male Children -1 (-2.8, 0.9) -0.3 (-2.5, 1.8) -0.8 (-2.7, 1.2) Female Children -0.7 (-2.2, 0.7) -2.2 (0.7, -1) 0.7 (-1, -2.8) PCB153
All Children -0.7 (-1.9, 0.5) -0.2 (-1.6, 1.2) -0.5 (-1.8, 0.7) Male Children -0.7 (-2.5, 1.1) -0.1 (-2.2, 2.1) -0.5 (-2.4, 1.4) Female Children -1 (-2.6, 0.6) -2.6 (0.6, -0.4) 0.6 (-0.4, -2.4) PCB170
All Children -0.4 (-1.5, 0.6) 0.4 (-0.8, 1.6) -0.1 (-1.1, 1) Male Children -0.7 (-2.2, 0.9) 0.2 (-1.6, 2) -0.3 (-1.9, 1.3)
Female Children -0.6 (-2, 0.8) -2 (0.8, 0.3) 0.8 (0.3, -1.5) PCB180
All Children -0.3 (-1.3, 0.8) 0.1 (-1.2, 1.3) -0.2 (-1.2, 0.9) Male Children -0.4 (-2.1, 1.2) 0.2 (-1.7, 2.1) -0.2 (-1.9, 1.5) Female Children -0.6 (-2, 0.8) -2 (0.8, -0.2) 0.8 (-0.2, -1.9) PCB187
All Children 0 (-1.1, 1.1) 0.2 (-1.2, 1.5) 0.1 (-1.1, 1.2) Male Children 0.2 (-1.5, 1.9) 0.2 (-1.9, 2.2) 0.2 (-1.7, 2) Female Children -0.3 (-1.7, 1.2) -1.7 (1.2, 0.3) 1.2 (0.3, -1.6) PBDE
BDE47
All Children -0.4 (-1.1, 0.3) -0.4 (-1.2, 0.5) -0.4 (-1.2, 0.4) Male Children -0.7 (-1.8, 0.5) -0.1 (-1.5, 1.2) -0.4 (-1.6, 0.8) Female Children 0.3 (-0.7, 1.2) -0.7 (1.2, -0.2) 1.2 (-0.2, -1.4) Smoking Metabolites
Cotinine
All Children -0.1 (-0.4, 0.3) -0.2 (-0.6, 0.2) -0.2 (-0.5, 0.2) Male Children -0.1 (-0.6, 0.4) 0 (-0.6, 0.6) -0.1 (-0.6, 0.4) Female Children 0 (-0.5, 0.5) -0.5 (0.5, -0.3) 0.5 (-0.3, -0.9)
Supplementary Table 3: Comparison of three quality measures for each of the proposed models: the Bayesian Information Criterion, Akaike Information Criterion, and Entropy. Each model has a different combination of number of profiles and assumptions about model variance and covariance.
Number of Profiles BIC AIC Entropy
Equal variance; covariance = 0
1 45457 45227 1.000
2 43409 43061 0.900
3 42422 41954 0.942
4 42149 41562 0.919
5 42125 41418 0.928
6 41695 40869 0.948
7 41712 40767 0.927
8 41709 40644 0.933
9 41701 40517 0.911
10 41653 40350 0.924
11 41674 40252 0.917
12 41739 40197 0.912
1 45457 45227 1.000
2 43347 42883 0.905
3 42228 41530 0.948
4 41900 40968 0.934
5 42025 40858 0.944
6 41714 40313 0.956
7 41788 40153 0.953
8 41774 39905 0.957
9 41893 39790 0.959
10 42041 39704 0.961
11 42098 39526 0.962
12 42140 39335 0.965
Equal variance and equal covariance
1 39777 38053 1.000
2 39719 37875 0.978
3 39847 37884 0.797
4 39666 37584 0.973
5 39625 37424 0.885
6 39834 37514 0.869
7 39656 37216 0.906
8 39566 37008 0.899
9 39670 36992 0.877
10 39784 36986 0.884
11 39857 36941 0.893
12 39974 36938 0.893
Supplementary Table 4: Covariate-adjusted linear regression coefficients showing the associations between latent profile membership and WPPSI-III scores, adjusted for maternal age, race, education, and marital status, household income, parity, prenatal alcohol, HOME score, and testing city compared to the Reference Profile, with 95% confidence intervals.
Results are shown for all children, and then stratified by sex. We found no significant interactions between latent profiles and child sex (all p-values > 0.05; n = 517).
VIQ (95% CI) PIQ (95% CI) FSIQ (95% CI) All Children
Intercept 98.5 (92.0, 105.0) 98.6 (90.9, 106.2) 98.3 (91.5, 105.0) High MEP -0.9 (-3.9, 2.0) -2.0 (-5.5, 1.5) -1.7 (-4.8, 1.4) High POP -1.8 (-6.3, 2.8) 0.0 (-5.4, 5.4) -0.9 (-5.7, 3.8) Low POP -2.0 (-7.9, 3.9) 4.5 (-2.5, 11.5) 1.2 (-5.0, 7.4) Smoking Chemicals -1.1 (-7.1, 4.9) -3.5 (-10.5, 3.5) -2.6 (-8.8, 3.7) Boys
Intercept 99.5 (89.7, 109.3) 100.3 (88.8, 111.8) 100.0 (89.8, 110.3) High MEP 0.4 (-4.0, 4.8) -1.1 (-6.3, 4.1) -0.3 (-4.9, 4.3) High POP -0.5 (-7.3, 6.2) -1.5 (-9.4, 6.4) -1.0 (-8.1, 6.0) Low POP -1.8 (-14.2, 10.5) 12.1 (-2.4, 26.5) 5.0 (-8.0, 17.9) Smoking Chemicals 0.5 (-8.4, 9.4) -0.3 (-10.7, 10.1) 0.2 (-9.1, 9.6) Girls
Intercept 102.6 (92.7, 112.6) 102.3 (90.1, 114.5) 102.5 (92.1, 112.9) High MEP -0.9 (-5.0, 3.2) -3.5 (-8.5, 1.5) -2.5 (-6.8, 1.8) High POP -2.3 (-8.6, 4.0) 0.3 (-7.5, 8.0) -1.1 (-7.7, 5.5) Low POP -1.9 (-8.7, 5.0) 2.3 (-6.1, 10.7) 0.1 (-7.0, 7.3) Smoking Chemicals -3.2 (-11.4, 4.9) -6.7 (-16.6, 3.3) -5.6 (-14.1, 2.9)
Supplementary Table 5: Demographic characteristics of participants in each k-means cluster compared to the total study population.
Total (%) Reference
Cluster (%) Phthalate
Cluster (%) High POP
Cluster (%) OPP
Cluster (%) Smoking Chemicals Cluster (%)
N = 517 N =115 N =133 N = 111 N = 140 N =18
Child Sex
Male 49 47 55 47 46 50
Female 51 53 45 53 54 50
Maternal Age
19-30 21 13 29 7 27 39
30-35 39 39 37 32 47 28
35+ 41 48 35 61 26 33
Maternal Race
White 86 93 85 78 86 89
Other 14 7 15 22 14 11
Maternal Education
Highschool 5 3 10 2 4 22
College 27 19 35 23 29 39
Undergraduate 38 45 32 35 42 39
Graduate 29 33 23 41 24 0
Marital Status
Married 72 84 71 71 67 50
Unmarried 28 16 29 29 33 50
Household Income
< 40 000 9 4 14 9 6 39
40 000 - 80 000 29 23 34 27 31 17
80 000 - 100 000 21 26 20 16 23 11
> 100 000 41 46 33 48 41 33
Parity
Zero 44 33 38 56 47 50
One 41 48 45 37 37 33
Two 12 15 13 6 12 17
Three or More 3 4 5 1 4 0
Prenatal Smoking
No 91 98 93 92 94 11
Yes 9 2 7 8 6 89
Prenatal Alcohol
No 83 83 89 78 84 56
Yes 17 17 11 22 16 44
HOME Score
1st 26 20 29 21 31 39
2nd 28 27 32 32 22 17
3rd 22 25 21 19 22 22
4th 24 28 18 28 25 22
Test City
Vancouver 9 14 7 15 4 6
Toronto 10 6 11 14 8 6
Hamilton 13 10 19 9 14 0
Kingston 24 32 23 13 24 44
Montreal 25 15 23 31 30 22
Halifax 20 23 17 18 20 22
Supplementary Table 6: Covariate-adjusted linear regression coefficients showing associations between k-means cluster membership and WPPSI-III scores, adjusted for maternal age, race, education, marital status, household income, parity, prenatal alcohol, HOME scores, and test city compared to medium-level Reference class membership. Results shown for all children, and then stratified by sex, with 95% confidence intervals (n = 517).
VIQ (95% CI) PIQ (95% CI) FSIQ (95% CI) All Children
Intercept 97.3 (90.7, 103.8) 100.4 (92.7, 108.1) 98.6 (91.8, 105.4) Phthalates 0.4 (-2.7, 3.5) -2.2 (-5.9, 1.4) -1.0 (-4.2, 2.2)
High POP -1.0 (-4.2, 2.3) -1.4 (-5.3, 2.4) -1.4 (-4.8, 2.0)
High OPPs 1.3 (-1.8, 4.3) -1.5 (-5.0, 2.1) 0.1 (-3.1, 3.2)
Smoking Chemicals -1.8 (-8.0, 4.4) -5.4 (-12.7, 1.8) -4.1 (-10.5, 2.3) Male Children
Intercept 95.1 (86.0, 104.2) 100 (89.3, 110.7) 97.1 (87.6, 106.6) Phthalates 0.8 (-3.8, 5.3) -1.6 (-6.9, 3.8) -0.3 (-5.1, 4.5)
High POP -1.4 (-6.4, 3.5) -0.1 (-6.0, 5.8) -0.8 (-6.1, 4.4)
High OPPs -0.4 (-5.1, 4.4) -2.5 (-8.1, 3.1) -1.4 (-6.5, 3.6) Smoking Chemicals -2.5 (-11.8, 6.7) -3.7 (-14.6, 7.2) -3.5 (-13.2, 6.3) Female Children
Intercept 101.1 (91.4, 110.8) 103.0 (91.0, 115.0) 98.6 (92.0, 112.3) Phthalates -0.1 (-4.3, 4.2) -3.5 (-8.8, 1.8) -1.0 (-6.7, 2.3)
High POP -1.0 (-5.3, 3.4) -3.1 (-8.5, 2.3) -1.4 (-7.1, 2.0)
High OPPs 2.2 (-1.8, 6.2) -1.4 (-6.4, 3.5) 0.1 (-3.6, 4.7)
Smoking Chemicals -2.1 (-10.4, 6.1) -7.5 (-17.7, 2.7) -4.1 (-14.2, 3.2)
Supplementary Figure 1: Study sample flow chart.
Supplementary Figure 2: Directed acyclic graph (DAG) showing confounders and mediators of the effects of gestational chemical mixtures on child WPPSI-III scores.
Supplementary Figure 3: Covariate-adjusted linear regression coefficients showing the
associations between k-means cluster membership and WPPSI-III scores, adjusted for maternal age, race, education, and marital status, household income, parity, prenatal alcohol, HOME score, and testing city compared to the Reference Cluster, with 95% confidence intervals.
Results are shown for all children, and then stratified by sex (n=517).