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Table 3. Associations of creatinine-standardized urinary PAH metabolites with cytokine expression levels (as the dependent variable).

Variable^a	BDNF^a		ALCAM^a		CRP^a		MSP^a
Variable^a	β(95%CI)	p^b	β(95%CI)	p^b	β(95%CI)	p^b	β(95%CI)	p^b
1-hydroxypyrene	−0.135 (−0.256, −0.013)	0.030	0.053 (0.008, 0.097)	0.020	0.344 (0.218, 0.469)	<0.001	0.061 (−0.021, 0.143)	0.143
1-hydroxynaphthalene	−0.065 (−0.194, 0.065)	0.326	0.050 (0.003, 0.097)	0.037	0.208 (0.072, 0.344)	0.003	0.016 (−0.071, 0.102)	0.723
2-hydroxynaphthalene	−0.047 (−0.183, 0.089)	0.498	0.029 (−0.020, 0.078)	0.248	0.228 (0.085, 0.371)	0.002	−0.055 (−0.145, 0.036)	0.238
2-hydroxyfluorene	−0.076 (−0.205, 0.052)	0.244	0.059 (0.013, 0.106)	0.012	0.243 (0.108, 0.377)	<0.001	−0.005 (−0.091, 0.081)	0.908
9-hydroxyfluorene	−0.062 (−0.111, −0.013)	0.014	0.010 (−0.008, 0.028)	0.264	−0.003 (−0.055, 0.050)	0.920	0.004 (−0.030, 0.037)	0.825
1-hydroxyphenanthrene	−0.003 (−0.092, 0.086)	0.953	0.010 (−0.022, 0.043)	0.535	0.149 (0.055, 0.242)	0.002	0.039 (−0.021, 0.098)	0.200
2-hydroxyphenanthrene	0.005 (−0.098, 0.109)	0.922	0.064 (0.027, 0.101)	0.001	0.200 (0.092, 0.308)	<0.001	0.027 (−0.042, 0.097)	0.436
3-hydroxyphenanthrene	0.012 (−0.074, 0.099)	0.781	0.035 (0.004, 0.066)	0.027	0.108 (0.017, 0.199)	0.020	−0.022 (−0.080, 0.036)	0.450
4-hydroxyphenanthrene	−0.062 (−0.113, −0.011)	0.018	0.004 (−0.015, 0.023)	0.676	0.014 (−0.041, 0.068)	0.625	0.003 (−0.032, 0.037)	0.884
9-hydroxyphenanthrene	−0.065 (−0.168, 0.037)	0.212	0.035 (−0.002, 0.072)	0.065	0.155 (0.047, 0.263)	0.005	0.061 (−0.008, 0.130)	0.081
ΣOH-PAHs	−0.143 (−0.302, 0.016)	0.078	0.067 (0.009, 0.124)	0.023	0.389 (0.224, 0.555)	<0.001	0.048 (−0.059, 0.154)	0.380

^aParameters were ln-transformed prior to inclusion in the analysis.

^bAdjusted for age, gender, BMI, smoking status, pack-years of smoking, alcohol use status, working years, and exercise.