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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 5.
Published in final edited form as: J Occup Environ Med. 2014 May;56(5):465–471. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000142

TABLE 4.

Final Models of 8-Hour TWA THC in Air (μg/m3) and Postshift Urinary Metabolites

Ln (Postshift Urinary 1-Naphthol)
Ln (Postshift Urinary 2-Naphthol)
Ln (Postshift Urinary 2-Hydroxyfluorene)
β (SE) P β (SE) P β (SE) P
Intercept 4.59 (0.45) <0.0001 4.83 (0.46) <0.0001 3.53 (0.35) <0.0001
Ln preshift urine concentration 0.33 (0.05) <0.0001 0.34 (0.05) <0.0001 0.29 (0.06) <0.0001
Base 0.17 0.40 0.32
 1 −0.29 (0.17) −0.46 (0.15) −0.25 (0.16)
 2 −0.23 (0.17) −0.39 (0.15) −0.10 (0.16)
 3 Ref Ref Ref
Sex
 Female −0.007 (0.19) 0.97 0.14 (0.17) 0.40 0.01 (0.18) 0.95
 Male Ref Ref Ref
Cigarettes during work shift 0.0009 0.006 0.002
 1/2 pack 0.92 (0.30) 0.65 (0.24) 0.67 (0.24)
 1/4 pack 0.78 (0.15) 0.49 (0.13) 0.61 (0.13)
 None Ref Ref Ref
Postshift urinary creatinine 0.005 (0.0006) <0.0001 0.005 (0.0005) <0.0001 0.005 (0.0004) <0.0001
Ln 8-hr TWA THC (mg/m3) 0.17 (0.04) <0.0001 0.09 (0.03) 0.005 0.08 (0.03) 0.006
Random effects
σ2bw (intercept only) 1.23 0.89 0.90
σ2ww (intercept only) 0.67 0.42 0.41
σ2bw (full model) 0.19 0.19 0.25
σ2ww (full model) 0.54 0.28 0.25
Variability explained by model, %
 Between-worker 85 79 72
 Within-worker 19 33 39

SE, standard error; THC, total hydrocarbon; TWA, time-weighted average.