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. 2012 Mar 6;11:10. doi: 10.1186/1476-069X-11-10

Table 2.

Percent change in BPA and PFC concentrations by different SEP measuresa

BPA (n = 4739) PFOA (n = 3953) PFOS (n = 3953) PFNA (n = 3953) PFHxS (n = 3953)
% change (95% CI) % change (95% CI) % change (95% CI) % change (95% CI) % change (95% CI)

Family income

 < $20,000 14.3 (6.2, 23.0) -10.9 (-16.4, -5.0) -12.8 (-17.7, -7.7) -11.0 (-17.5, -4.0) -9.7 (-16.8, -1.9)

 ≥ $20,000 ref ref Ref ref ref

Family income

 $0-$19,999 22.8 (10.6, 36.4) -15.9 (-22.5, -8.7) -19.3 (-24.6, -13.8) -17.8 (-26.5, -8.0) -16.1 (-24.1, -7.3)

 $20,000-$44,999 11.79 (2.1, 22.4) -10.1 (-15.2, -4.6) -11.6 (-17.1, -5.8) -11.3 (-18.4, -3.5) -11.0 (-19.4, -1.7)

 $45,000-$74,999 6.9 (-3.0, 17.9) -1.3 (-6.5, 4.2) -5.4 (-11.8, 1.4) -6.6 (-13.5, 0.8) -5.3 (-15.1, 5.6)

 $75,000 and over ref ref Ref ref ref

Poverty income ratio

 PIR < 1 27.0 (15.7, 39.3) -21.2 (-26.2, -15.9) -22.1 (-26.7, -17.2) -16.9 (-24.0, -9.2) -19.0 (-26.4, -11.0)

 PIR 1-3 16.2 (7.8, 25.2) -13.2 (-17.5, -8.7) -11.0 (-15.4, -6.3) -11.4 (-17.0, -5.5) -13.7 (-22.3, -4.1)

 PIR > 3 ref ref Ref ref ref

Adjusted family income

 Quartile 1 26.6 (14.9, 39.5) -20.5 (-26.4, -14.0) -21.6 (-26.3, -16.6) -18.0 (-26.1, -8.9) -18.4 (-25.6, -10.5)

 Quartile 2 18.8 (6.7, 32.4) -16.4 (-21.0, -11.4) -16.4 (-21.5, -11.0) -15.4 (-21.7, -8.6) -17.1 (-26.1, -7.0)

 Quartile 3 15.3 (6.2, 25.1) -10.9 (-15.9, -5.7) -10.4 (-15.6, -4.9) -10.3 (-15.9, -4.4) -12.1 (-20.2, -3.3)

 Quartile 4 ref ref Ref ref ref

Food security status

 Very low 19.6 (5.6, 35.5) -4.1 (-14.0, 7.0) -4.7 (-13.6, 5.1) -5.1 (-17.0, 8.6) -4.1 (-18.0, 12.3)

 Low 3.1 (-8.5, 16.1) -9.3 (-15.5, -2.5) -11.0 (-17.4, -4.0) -8.7 (-14.3, -2.7) -8.3 (-17.4, 1.9)

 Marginal 8.2 (-0.9, 18.2) -4.2 (-9.6, 1.6) -4.0 (-10.2, 2.6) -4.5 (-14.0, 6.2) -0.9 (-13.5, 13.6)

 Full ref ref Ref ref ref

Emergency food

 Yes 16.0 (2.4, 31.4) -11.6 (-18.4, -4.2) -14.2 (-21.0, -6.7) -16.5 (-25.0, -7.1) -6.5 (-17.4, 5.7)

 No ref ref Ref ref ref

Educationb

 Less than high school 6.8 (-7.2, 22.9) -8.0 (-17.2, 2.1) -6.5 (-15.1, 2.9) -5.3 (-14.9, 5.4) -8.1 (-19.4, 4.9)

 High school grad/GED 17.9 (3.2, 34.8) -0.1 (-6.1, 6.3) -6.3 (-13.5, 1.4) -5.7 (-13.6, 3.0) -9.1 (-16.8, -0.6)

 Some college/AA degree 16.9 (0.9, 35.4) -1.1 (-7.9, 6.3) -2.9 (-10.7, 5.7) -8.1 (-16.4, 1.0) -9.7 (-19.7, 1.5)

 College grad or above ref ref Ref ref ref

Longest occupationb

 Never worked 2.5 (-18.7, 29.1) -8.1 (-22.5, 9.1) -9.5 (-23.5, 7.2) -24.2 (-36.9, -9.0) 8.6 (-11.7, 33.5)

 Blue collar, semi-routine 6.1 (-6.5, 20.4) 0 (-8.2, 8.9) -4.5 (-15.1, 7.4) -4.2 (-13.8, 6.4) -0.7 (-9.3, 8.8)

 Blue collar, high skill 24.4 (4.7, 47.7) -11.7 (-24.4, 3.0) -5.6 (-19.5, 10.6) -13.2 (-28.0, 4.7) 1.0 (-16.4, 22.2)

 White collar, semi-routine 6.3 (-9.2, 24.4) 3.8 (-7.7, 16.7) 3.0 (-8.3, 15.7) -5.0 (-15.4, 6.8) 7.8 (-8.0, 26.3)

 White collar & professional ref ref Ref ref ref

a Models adjusted for NHANES cycle, age, gender, race/ethnicity, creatinine (BPA). Statistically significant results in bold

b Education models include those over age 20 (BPA n = 2765, PFC n = 2756), and occupation models those over age 16 and in the 2003-2004 NHANES cycle (BPA n = 1695, PFC n = 1638)