Table 2. Urine Bisphenol-A (BPA) Level in Relation to Overweight among School-age Children.
Age | BPA level | Weight >90th | Crude OR | Adjusted OR* | |
µg/L | No | Yes | (95% CI) | (95% CI) | |
Among Girls | |||||
All | <2 | 310 (82.45%) | 66 (17.55%) | Reference | Reference |
≥2 | 220 (78.85%) | 59 (21.15%) | 1.26 | 1.29 | |
(0.85–1.86) | (0.83–2.01) | ||||
9–12 | <2 | 114 (78.62%) | 31 (21.38%) | Reference | Reference |
≥2 | 62 (63.92%) | 35 (36.08%) | 2.08 | 2.32 | |
(1.17–3.68) | (1.15–4.65) | ||||
>12 | <2 | 196 (84.85%) | 35 (15.15%) | Reference | Reference |
≥2 | 158 (86.81%) | 24 (13.19%) | 0.85 | 0.90 | |
(0.49–1.49) | (0.48–1.72) | ||||
Among Boys | |||||
All | <2 | 281 (75.54%) | 91 (24.46%) | Reference | Reference |
≥2 | 229 (76.59%) | 70 (23.41%) | 0.94 | 0.82 | |
(0.66–1.35) | (0.55–1.23) | ||||
9–12 | <2 | 84 (71.19%) | 34 (28.81%) | Reference | Reference |
≥2 | 83 (72.81%) | 31 (27.19%) | 0.92 | 0.71 | |
(0.52–1.64) | (0.34–1.45) | ||||
>12 | <2 | 197 (77.56%) | 57 (22.44%) | Reference | Reference |
≥2 | 146 (78.92%) | 39 (21.08%) | 0.92 | 0.87 | |
(0.58–1.46) | (0.52–1.45) |
Odds ratio adjusted for those factors listed in Table 1 (age, gender, school, residence, paternal and maternal education and overweight, playing video games, unbalanced diet, eating junk food, vegetables or fruit, depression scores and sports/activities).