Table 2.
Characteristics of included and excluded participants who reported using paraben-containing medications within 24 hours of at least one urine sample
| Subject characteristic | Included N=11 |
Excluded1 N=7 |
P2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | 0.53 | ||
| Female | 10 (90.9) | 5 (71.4) | |
| Male | 1 (9.1) | 2 (28.6) | |
| Age—mean ± SD | 36.1 ± 3.4 | 36.2 ± 3.8 | 0.95 |
| BMI—mean ± SD | 25.0 ± 3.6 | 28.8 ± 5.7 | 0.11 |
| <25 | 6 (54.5) | 1 (14.3) | 0.24 |
| 25 – <30 | 4 (36.4) | 4 (57.1) | |
| ≥30 | 1 (9.1) | 2 (28.6) | |
| Race | -- | ||
| White | 11 (100.0) | 7 (100.0) | |
| Smoking status | 0.01 | ||
| Never | 11 (100.0) | 3 (42.9) | |
| Ever | 0 (0.0) | 4 (57.1) | |
| Former | -- | 3 (42.9) | |
| Current | -- | 1 (14.3) |
SD, standard deviation; BMI, body mass index
Data are presented as n (%) unless otherwise specified
1
Participants were excluded due to lack of available urinary paraben concentration measurements (n=4) or due to a lack of unexposed samples (n=3)
2
P-values were obtained using Student’s t-test for continuous variables and Fisher’s exact test for categorical variables