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  • 1Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Carolina, USA bcai@sc.edu.

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Area of Science:

  • Environmental Health
  • Biostatistics
  • Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Background:

  • Intellectual disability (ID) is a developmental disorder impacting cognitive functions, often with prenatal onset.
  • Soil chemical exposures, particularly metals, are potential risk factors for childhood intellectual disability.
  • Understanding exposure-threshold relationships is crucial for public health interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a novel Bayesian hierarchical spatial model with change points for analyzing spatial ordinal data.
  • To detect unknown threshold effects of soil chemical exposures on intellectual disability.
  • To evaluate the model's performance using simulations and a real-world case study.

Main Methods:

  • A Bayesian hierarchical spatial model incorporating change points for spatial ordinal outcomes.
  • Modeling the spatial continuous latent variable using a multivariate Gaussian process.
  • Utilizing penalized smoothing splines and linear regression for covariate effects, including unknown change points.

Main Results:

  • The proposed model effectively detects unknown threshold effects in spatial ordinal data.
  • Simulation studies demonstrate the model's superior performance compared to competing methods.
  • Application to South Carolina data illustrates the model's utility in real-world environmental health research.

Conclusions:

  • The developed change-point model provides a robust framework for investigating environmental risk factors like soil chemicals in relation to intellectual disability.
  • This approach enhances the understanding of nonlinear exposure-response relationships in spatial epidemiological studies.
  • The findings can inform targeted public health strategies to mitigate risks associated with soil chemical exposures.