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. 2017 Oct 2;125(10):107001. doi: 10.1289/EHP1612

Table 4.

Adjusted hazards ratios (HRs) for the risk of developing diabetes during study period relative to log2-per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PDFAS) plasma concentrations in the Diabetes Prevention Program (n=957; nevents=204).

PFAS (log2-scale) Hazard ratio (HR)
HR (95% CI) p-Value
PFOS 0.87 (0.74, 1.02) 0.08
 n-PFOS 0.87 (0.75, 1.02) 0.08
 Sm-PFOS 0.91 (0.78, 1.06) 0.21
 Sm2-PFOS 1.00 (0.89, 1.12) 0.95
PFOA 1.06 (0.89, 1.28) 0.50
 n-PFOA 1.03 (0.85, 1.24) 0.77
 Sb-PFOA 1.11 (1.00, 1.23) 0.04
PFHxS 0.98 (0.86, 1.12) 0.79
Et-PFOSA-AcOH 0.97 (0.88, 1.08) 0.58
Me-PFOSA-AcOH 0.96 (0.84, 1.08) 0.49
PFNA 0.99 (0.87, 1.12) 0.82

Note: Adjusted for participant sex, race/ethnicity, BMI (continuous), age (categorical), marital status (categorical), education (categorical), smoking history (categorical), and treatment assignment (placebo/lifestyle). CI, confidence interval; Et-PFOSA-AcOH, N-ethyl-perfluorooctane sulfonamido acetic acid; Me-PFOSA-AcOH, N-methyl-perfluorooctane sulfonamido acetic acid; n-PFOA, linear perfluorooctanoic acid; n-PFOS, linear perfluorooctanesulfonic acid; PFHxS, perfluorohexane sulfonic acid; PFNA, perfluorononanoic acid; PFOA, perfluorooctanoic acid; PFOS, perfluorooctanesulfonic acid; Sb-PFOA, sum of perfluoromethylheptanoic and perfluorodimethylhexanoic acids; Sm-PFOS, sum of perfluoromethylheptane sulfonic acid isomers; Sm2-PFOS, sum of perfluorodimethylhexane sulfonic acid isomers.