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. 2014 Mar;30(1):39–44. doi: 10.5487/TR.2014.30.1.039

Table 2.

Anthropometric variables, blood pressure and blood biochemical profiles of Korean adults according to the range of urinary BPA concentration1)

Bisphenol A (μg/ml) p value3)

All (n = 1030) < 0.853 (n = 257) 0.853~1.407 (n = 258) 1.407~2.594 (n = 257) > 2.594 (n = 258) p value

Height (cm) 163.01 ± 8.93 161.84 ± 9.09 162.52 ± 9.17 163.71 ± 8.46 163.96 ± 8.88 0.0208 0.3956
Weight (kg) 63.87 ± 11.80 62.83 ± 10.86 62.95 ± 11.61 64.39 ± 12.02 65.31 ± 12.54 0.0478 0.0719
Body mass index (kg/m2) 24.01 ± 3.44 24.04 ± 3.56 23.74 ± 3.18 24.03 ± 3.37 24.22 ± 3.63 0.4618 0.1620
Waist circumference (cm)2) 84.51 ± 9.07 83.99 ± 8.45a 83.99 ± 8.56a 84.46 ± 8.32ab 85.61 ± 10.68b 0.1371 0.0071
Hip circumference (cm)2) 94.97 ± 6.45 94.51 ± 6.08ab 94.30 ± 6.17a 95.14 ± 6.44ab 95.93 ± 6.99b 0.0179 0.0329
Body fat (%) 26.54 ± 6.33 27.25 ± 6.74 26.44 ± 5.72 26.23 ± 6.25 26.23 ± 6.54 0.2111 0.7386
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) 123.36 ± 18.91 124.78 ± 20.58 124.65 ± 20.23 123.40 ± 17.44 120.62 ± 16.94 0.0442 0.3345
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) 74.78 ± 12.14 75.88 ± 12.24 75.62 ± 12.07 74.45 ± 12.39 73.18 ± 11.72 0.0457 0.0878
hsCRP (mg/dl) 0.15 ± 0.41 0.12 ± 0.27 0.18 ± 0.64 0.14 ± 0.26 0.15 ± 0.32 0.3805 0.3951
White blood cell (Thous/μl) 6.12 ± 1.63 6.17 ± 1.62 6.11 ± 1.76 6.12 ± 1.56 6.06 ± 1.60 0.8929 0.7966
Total choloeterol (mg/dl) 185.08 ± 35.21 187.23 ± 34.74 186.66 ± 35.84 183.34 ± 33.57 183.11 ± 36.61 0.4058 0.8234
LDL cholesterol (mg/dl) 111.87 ± 31.26 111.18 ± 31.17 112.39 ± 31.44 110.90 ± 29.14 113.03 ± 33.28 0.8504 0.4287
HDL cholesterol (mg/dl) 52.37 ± 11.75 52.69 ± 12.19 52.20 ± 12.23 52.71 ± 11.29 51.87 ± 11.31 0.8176 0.5481
Triglyceride (mg/dl) 130.37 ± 109.61 138.74 ± 133.23 134.84 ± 104.01 123.39 ± 96.09 124.52 ± 101.16 0.2958 0.2908
Fasting blood sugar (mg/dl) 97.54 ± 21.77 99.07 ± 27.15 99.35 ± 25.16 96.85 ± 18.00 94.90 ± 13.94 0.0684 0.3870

1)Values are mean ± SD.

2)Values with different alphabets are significantly different among the four groups by GLM at p < 0.05 as appropriate; including the post hoc comparisons of Tukey.

3)From GLM test; adjusted for age, sex, urinary creatinine.