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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Epidemiol. 2013 Aug 16;24(2):90–97. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2013.07.014

Table 2.

Bisphenol-A by indices of glucose homeostasis in the study sample according to sex (n=1586)

N (%a) or (Mean ± SEM) a Bisphenol-A (ng/mL) P*
Overall Median (IQR)

Fasting glucose (mg/dL): (104.3 ± 0.9) 0.55
 ≥100 774 (45.7) 1.9 (1.0, 3.6)
 < 100 812 (54.3) 2.0 (1.0, 3.8)
Fasting insulin (μU/ml): (11.4 ± 0.3)
HOMA-β: (35.9 ± 0.9)
HOMA-IR: (3.1 ± 0.1) 0.076
 ≥2.5 738 (41.7) 2.1 (1.1, 3.8)
 < 2.5 848 (58.3) 1.8 (0.9, 3.7)
QUICKI: (5.1 ± 0.006)

Males Median (IQR)

Fasting glucose (mg/dL): (106.3 ± 1.1) 0.62
 ≥100 445 (37.9) 2.0 (1.1, 3.5)
 < 100 352 (62.1) 2.1 (1.1, 4.0)
Fasting insulin (μU/ml): (11.9 ± 0.4)
HOMA-β: (36.8 ± 1.4)
HOMA-IR: (3.3 ± 0.1) 0.15
 ≥2.5 378 (38.1) 2.1 (1.2, 3.6)
 < 2.5 419 (61.9) 2.0 (1.1, 3.9)
QUICKI: (5.1 ± 0.009)

Females Median (IQR)

Fasting glucose (mg/dL): (102.5 ± 1.4) 0.48
 ≥100 329 (37.9) 1.7 (0.9, 3.8)
 < 100 460 (62.1) 2.0 (0.9, 3.7)
Fasting insulin (μU/ml): (11.0 ± 0.5)
HOMA-β: (35.0 ± 1.3)
HOMA-IR: (3.0 ± 0.2) 0.25
 ≥2.5 360 (38.1) 2.1 (1.0, 4.2)
 < 2.5 429 (61.9) 1.7 (0.8, 3.4)
QUICKI: (5.1 ± 0.007)
a

Weighted analyses;

*

P value for ANOVA test involving log-transformed bisphenol-A level with comparisons made across all categories of the covariates; IQR=Interquartile range; HOMA= Homeostasis Model Assessment; QUICKI= Quantitative Insulin Sensitivity Check Index.

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