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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 15.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2018 Feb 3;221(3):489–501. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2018.01.013

Table 3.

Multivariable determinants of dialkyl phosphates metabolite concentrations on a creatinine basis (nmol/g creatinine) across pregnancy among 784 women participating in the Generation R cohort.

Determinants Total dialkyl phosphates a Dimethyl alkyl phosphates b Diethyl alkyl phosphatesc



B (95%CI) P B (95%CI) P B (95%CI) P
Age in years 0.004 (0.001 to 0.008) 0.048* 0.003 (−0.001 to 0.007) 0.099 0.006 (0.001 to 0.010) 0.020*
Marital status
Married/partner 0.098 (0.045 to 0.151) < 0.001* 0.107 (0.051 to 0.162) < 0.001*
No partner ref ref
BMI
< 18.5 0.036 (−0.063 to 0.135) 0.481 0.035 (−0.069 to 0.139) 0.509 0.015 (−0.108 to 0.139) 0.808
18.5< 25 ref ref ref
25< 30 −0.042 (−0.078 to −0.006) 0.023* −0.039 (−0.077 to −0.002) 0.040* −0.055 (−0.100 to −0.011) 0.014*
 ≥30 −0.093 (−0.149 to −0.036) 0.001* −0.088 (−0.146 to −0.029) 0.003* −0.162 (−0.230 to −0.094) < 0.001*
Parity
0 0.085 (0.033 to 0.137) 0.001* 0.073 (0.019 to 0.127) 0.008* 0.119 (0.056 to 0.182) < 0.001*
1 0.059 (0.006 to 0.113) 0.031* 0.054 (−0.002 to 0.110) 0.059 0.077 (0.011 to 0.143) 0.022*
 ≥2 ref ref ref
Education
high 0.061 (0.007 to 0.115) 0.027* 0.070 (0.015 to 0.125) 0.013*
medium 0.033 (−0.016 to 0.082) 0.190 0.041 (−0.009 to 0.092) 0.110
low ref ref
Income
high 0.111 (0.039 to 0.183) 0.003*
medium 0.072 (−0.003 to 0.146) 0.059
low ref
Ethnicity
Non-Western 0.043 (0.005 to 0.082) 0.028* 0.060 (0.021 to 0.100) 0.003*
Other Western −0.021 (−0.068 to 0.025) 0.375 −0.017 (−0.066 to 0.031) 0.486
Dutch ref ref ref
Smoking
no smoking during pregnancy 0.091 (0.043 to 0.140) < 0.001* 0.083 (0.033 to 0.133) 0.001* 0.138 (0.079 to 0.197) < 0.001*
Until pregnancy recognized 0.102 (0.038 to 0.167) 0.002* 0.094 (0.028 to 0.161) 0.006* 0.141 (0.064 to 0.218) < 0.001*
continued during pregnancy ref ref ref
Work with pesticides
Do not know 0.251 (0.015 to 0.487) 0.037* 0.395 (0.104 to 0.685) 0.008*
No 0.180 (−0.027 to 0.389) 0.089 0.279 (0.022 to 0.536) 0.033*
Yes ref ref
Season
Autumn −0.046 (−0.080 to −0.011) 0.009* −0.064 (−0.100 to −0.028) 0.001* 0.043 (−0.001 to 0.087) 0.052
Winter −0.033 (−0.069 to 0.003) 0.070 −0.047 (−0.084 to −0.009) 0.017* 0.055 (0.013 to 0.097) 0.011*
Spring −0.020 (−0.051 to 0.011) 0.210 −0.022 (−0.055 to 0.011) 0.187 ref
Summer ref ref 0.018 (−0.021 to 0.057) 0.368
Dog ownership
No due to allergy 0.063 (−0.009 to 0.135) 0.089 0.059 (−0.030 to 0.148) 0.191
No 0.063 (0.001 to 0.125) 0.047* 0.078 (0.003 to 0.153) 0.041*
Yes ref ref
a

Total dialkyl phosphates is the sum of DEDTP, DETP, DEP, DMDTP, DMTP, and DMP.

b

Dimethyl alkyl phosphates is the sum of DMDTP, DMTP, and DMP.

c

Diethyl alkyl phosphates is the sum of DEDTP, DETP, and DEP.

*

p < 0.05.