Table 2.
Adjusteda percent change in urinary phthalate metabolite concentrations for those who Sometimes or Always vs. Never eat school lunch in weighted NHANES data 2003–2014.
| School Lunch Consumption | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sometimes | Always | |||||
| Children (6–11) | n | %∆ | 95% CI | %∆ | 95% CI | p trend |
| ∑DEHP | 2055 | 11.1 | (−2.94, 27.2) | 28.2 | (10.0, 49.3) | 0.01 |
| MCNP | 1741 | 11.5 | (−10.0, 38.2) | 15.4 | (−4.16, 38.9) | 0.17 |
| MCOP | 1741 | 37.0 | (7.82, 74.2) | 43.4 | (16.8, 75.9) | <0.01 |
| MBzP | 2055 | −4.39 | (−24.9, 21.7) | 12.7 | (−7.40, 37.1) | 0.04 |
| MnBP | 2055 | −0.23 | (−14.7, 16.7) | 17.9 | (3.51, 34.2) | 0.01 |
| MiBP | 2055 | −0.33 | (−16.5, 18.9) | 10.1 | (−6.67, 29.9) | 0.18 |
| MEP | 2055 | −7.62 | (−24.7, 13.4) | 4.22 | (−12.1, 23.6) | 0.34 |
| Adolescents (12–19) | ||||||
| ∑DEHP | 2154 | 8.46 | (−6.28, 25.5) | 4.65 | (−8.91, 20.2) | 0.63 |
| MCNP | 1651 | 6.33 | (−11.6, 27.9) | 5.16 | (−9.39, 22.1) | 0.49 |
| MCOP | 1651 | 15.0 | (−8.20, 44.2) | 21.2 | (−3.69, 52.6) | 0.08 |
| MBzP | 2154 | 5.81 | (−7.92, 21.6) | 7.75 | (−8.36, 26.7) | 0.24 |
| MnBP | 2154 | 5.21 | (−6.54, 18.4) | 5.54 | (−6.24, 18.8) | 0.26 |
| MiBP | 2154 | 0.79 | (−13.1, 16.8) | 2.02 | (−9.51, 15.0) | 0.42 |
| MEP | 2154 | −8.13 | (−24.3, 11.5) | −1.91 | (−16.9, 15.8) | 0.82 |
a
Models adjusted for urinary creatinine (continuous, ln-transformed), age (continuous), gender (categorical), family PIR (continuous), race/ethnicity (categorical), BMI z-score (continuous) and sampling cycle (categorical).
Abbreviations: %∆, adjusted percent change compared to participants who reported Never consuming school lunch; CI, confidence interval.