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. 2019 Jul 25;3(9):1715–1726. doi: 10.1210/js.2019-00201

Table 2.

Associations of Natural Log-Transformed Urinary BPS and BPA and Total Bisphenols and Obesitya Adjusted for Urinary Creatinine Concentrations in Strata Defined by Sample Characteristics

Characteristic Prevalence of Obesitya ln (BPS Concentration) ln (BPA Concentration) ln (Total Bisphenols)
Obese/Total (Unweighted) Obese in Stratum, % SE OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
Entire sample 381/1820 19.55 1.58 1.19 1.04–1.37 1.04 0.88–1.22 1.06 0.94–1.21
Sex
 Male 205/935 19.56 2.19 1.18 0.99–1.42 1.09 0.93–1.28 1.12 0.95–1.31
 Female 176/885 19.53 1.76 1.22 1.01–1.48 0.98 0.72–1.34 1.00 0.79–1.26
Age group, y
 6–11 193/962 17.59 1.61 1.25 1.03–1.51 1.00 0.80–1.26 1.04 0.82–1.33
 12–19 188/858 21.11 2.28 1.18 0.98–1.42 1.10 0.89–1.35 1.08 0.93–1.27
Smoke exposureb
 Yes 80/361 22.40 3.89 1.15 0.79–1.66 0.95 0.70–1.29 1.17 0.91–1.51
 No 280/1323 19.46 1.61 1.20 1.03–1.39 1.06 0.88–1.28 1.03 0.88–1.21
PIR
 Less than median (1.47) 201/827 23.80 1.73 1.06 0.92–1.23 0.92 0.73–1.16 1.02 0.86–1.20
 Median or greater 146/837 16.97 2.02 1.27 1.03–1.58 1.08 0.86–1.36 1.07 0.87–1.31
Head of household education level
 High school or less 215/848 25.25 2.15 1.07 0.89–1.29 0.96 0.83–1.12 1.05 0.86–1.27
 Some college or more 160/913 15.97 1.66 1.28 1.07–1.54 1.01 0.78–1.31 1.02 0.82–1.25
Race/ethnicity
 Hispanic 166/629 26.90 1.52 1.21 1.06–1.38 1.18 0.99–1.41 1.22 1.02–1.46
 Non-Hispanic white 78/486 15.84 2.40 1.15 0.91–1.47 1.01 0.76–1.34 0.93 0.76–1.13
 Non-Hispanic black 96/439 22.68 2.84 1.05 0.83–1.33 0.71 0.44–1.15 0.93 0.67–1.27
 Other/multiple 41/266 17.62 3.09 1.14 0.70–1.84 1.30 0.83–2.03 1.73 1.10–2.72
Time spent watching television, h
 <2 115/693 15.57 1.98 1.27 1.05–1.53 1.12 0.84–1.50 0.99 0.78–1.26
 ≥2 266/1127 22.35 1.92 1.14 0.96–1.36 1.00 0.83–1.20 1.11 0.92–1.34
Caloric intakec
 USDA cutpoint or less 293/1408 19.13 1.65 1.23 1.06–1.43 1.04 0.83–1.29 1.10 0.96–1.26
 Greater than USDA cutpoint 88/412 21.08 3.34 1.05 0.78–1.42 1.03 0.75–1.41 0.93 0.66–1.31

Abbreviation: USDA, US Department of Agriculture.

a

Obesity defined as ≥95th percentile of age- and sex-standardized BMI z-scores.

b

Composite variable consisting of serum cotinine concentrations ≥2 ng/mL for 2013 to 2014 and questionnaire proxies for 2015 to 2016.

c

USDA cutpoint for children with high physical activity.