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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Res. 2015 Oct;142:563–567. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.08.006

Table 3. Regression coefficients for change in log benzophenone-3 concentrations according to frequency of sunscreen use, stratified by ethnicity (n=4412).

Frequency of sunscreen use Ethnicity
White non-Hispanic Black non-Hispanic Mexican American Other Hispanic Other race, multi-racial
Never ref ref ref ref Ref
Rarely 0.2 (-0.1-0.5) 0.3 (-0.2-0.9) 0.5 (0.0-0.9) 0.2 (-0.2-0.7) 0.4 (-0.2-1.0)
Sometimes 0.9 (0.6-1.2) 0.5 (0.1-0.9) 0.7 (0.4-1.0) 1.2 (0.7-1.6) 1.6 (0.9-2.3)
Most of the time 1.5 (1.2-1.9) 1.4 (0.7-2.1) 1.8 (1.0-2.6) 1.6 (0.8-2.5) 2.2 (1.6-2.8)
Always 2.0 (1.6-2.4) 1.9 (1.1-2.7) 1.8 (1.1-2.5) 2.1 (1.3-2.9) 1.9 (1.1-2.9)
P-trend <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01
Model R2 0.23 0.15 0.27 0.28 0.43
Sunscreen R2 0.08 0.06 0.07 0.13 0.13

Adjusted for age, sex, BMI, education, sun avoidance