Table 4.

Multiple linear regression associations between clinical and sociocultural factors with maternal urinary phthalate metabolites^a in African Americans only (n = 186).

Demographic factors	β_adjusted ^b (95% CI) for African Americans
Demographic factors	MBP	MBzP	MEHP	MEOHP	MEHHP	∑DEHP^c	MiBP	MEP	MMP
Age	0.03^* (0.01, 0.05)	0.00 (−0.03, 0.03)	−0.01 (−0.04, 0.02)	−0.01 (−0.03, 0.02)	0.00 (−0.03, 0.02)	−0.01 (−0.03, 0.02)	0.02 (0.00, 0.05)	0.03 (−0.01, 0.07)	0.02 (−0.01, 0.05)
BMI	0.03^* (0.01, 0.04)	0.04^* (0.02, 0.06)	0.01 (−0.01, 0.03)	0.02 (0.00, 0.03)	0.01 (−0.01, 0.03)	0.01 (0.00, 0.03)	0.02^* (0.01, 0.04)	0.02 (−0.01, 0.05)	0.01 (−0.01, 0.04)
Education	−0.19^* (−0.33,−0.06)	−0.26^* (−0.42,−0.10)	−0.13 (−0.29, 0.04)	−0.06 (−0.18, 0.07)	−0.05 (−0.19, 0.10)	−0.07 (−0.20, 0.07)	−0.19^* (−0.32,−0.07)	− 0.27^* (−0.49,−0.05)	−0.13 (−0.31, 0.04)
Marital Status	−0.07 (−0.38, 0.23)	−0.17 (−0.55, 0.20)	−0.12 (−0.50, 0.26)	0.05 (−0.24, 0.34)	0.08 (−0.25, 0.40)	0.02 (−0.29, 0.34)	0.06 (−0.24, 0.35)	0.07 (−0.44, 0.59)	0.01 (−0.39, 0.41)
Income (<25 K vs. >65 K	0.80^* (0.02, 1.58)	0.16 (−0.80, 1.12)	0.15 (−0.83, 1.12)	0.60 (−0.14, 1.35)	0.53 (−0.30, 1.37)	0.49 (−0.31, 1.28)	0.12 (−0.63, 0.88)	0.57 (−0.75, 1.89)	1.00 (−0.03, 2.03)
Income (25−65 K vs. >65 K)	0.62 (−0.14, 1.37)	−0.02 (−0.95, 0.91)	0.23 (−0.72, 1.18)	0.53 (−0.20, 1.25)	0.51 (−0.30, 1.32)	0.46 (−0.31, 1.23)	−0.10 (−0.83, 0.64)	0.60 (−0.68, 1.88)	0.98 (−0.01, 1.98)
Income (don’t know vs. >65 K)	0.87^* (0.09, 1.66)	0.01 (−0.96, 0.98)	0.36 (−0.63, 1.34)	0.80^* (0.04, 1.56)	0.73 (−0.12, 1.58)	0.69 (−0.12, 1.49)	0.06 (−0.71, 0.82)	0.88 (−0.46, 2.21)	0.88 (−0.17, 1.92)

p < 0.05.

Specific gravity-corrected, log-transformed values.

Model mutually adjusts for maternal age, BMI, education, marital status, and household income.

Molar sum of DEHP metabolites (MEHP, MEOHP, MEHHP) in nmol/L.