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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 31.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Int. 2010 Sep 16;37(1):129–135. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2010.08.007

Table 4.

Regression analysis association between maternal PFC serum concentrations and earlier age at menarche, unadjusted and controlling for birth order and maternal age at delivery.

Analyte Continuous Binary


Unadjusted Adjusted Unadjusted Adjusted




OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
PFOSA 0.89 (0.66–1.20) 0.91 (0.67–1.24) 0.82 (0.57–1.19) 0.85 (0.58–1.25)
Sulfonamide esters 0.90 (0.64–1.25) 0.91 (0.65–1.28) 0.76 (0.52–1.11) 0.78 (0.53–1.14)
Et-PFOSA-AcOH 1.02 (0.75–1.40) 1.03 (0.75–1.43) 1.17 (0.81–1.70) 1.17 (0.80–1.72)
Me-PFOSA-AcOH 0.86 (0.67–1.11) 0.86 (0.66–1.12) 0.85 (0.58–1.24) 0.85 (0.57–1.25)
Sulfonates 0.82 (0.52–1.30) 0.66 (0.40–1.08) 0.83 (0.57–1.20) 0.74 (0.50–1.09)
PFOS 0.85 (0.53–1.36) 0.68 (0.40–1.13) 0.92 (0.63–1.33) 0.83 (0.56–1.23)
PFHxS 1.00 (0.74–1.33) 0.89 (0.65–1.22) 1.17 (0.81–1.70) 1.11 (0.76–1.64)
Carboxylates 1.21 (0.76–1.95) 0.98 (0.58–1.66) 1.35 (0.93–1.96) 1.25 (0.84–1.88)
PFOA 1.25 (0.79–1.95) 1.01 (0.61–1.68) 1.35 (0.93–1.96) 1.29 (0.86–1.93)
PFNA 1.00 (0.66–1.52) 0.91 (0.59–1.40) 1.28 (0.88–1.86) 1.15 (0.78–1.69)

Continuous represents natural log transformed values (values below the LOD are substituted with √LOD/2), while binary represents at or above the median value among cases, versus below the median value among cases. PFDeA is not included in the summed value if it was below the LOD.