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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 26.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Res. 2018 Jun 27;166:537–543. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2018.06.014

Table 3:

Effect of PFASs in men, and the joint effect of PFASs-female sex interaction on thyroid hormones

Men Joint effect in Women
β 95% CI p-value β 95% CI ǂp-value
TSH
PFOA 0.302 −0.247 0.851 0.28 0.531 −0.263 1.324 0.19
PFOS −0.055 −0.618 0.508 0.85 0.439 −0.182 1.061 0.17
PFNA 0.213 −0.102 0.528 0.19 0.054 −0.387 0.495 0.81
PFUnA 0.140 −0.214 0.495 0.44 0.436 −0.103 0.974 0.11
Total T4
PFOA −0.621 −2.461 1.219 0.51 0.803 −0.841 2.448 0.34
PFOS 0.201 −1.096 1.499 0.76 −0.797 −2.525 0.930 0.37
PFNA 0.164 −0.737 1.066 0.72 −0.424 −1.481 0.633 0.43
PFUnA 0.448 −0.433 1.330 0.32 −0.250 −1.285 0.785 0.64
fT4
PFOA −0.010 −0.142 0.122 0.88 −0.043 −0.185 0.100 0.56
PFOS 0.054 −0.036 0.145 0.24 −0.072 −0.207 0.063 0.30
PFNA 0.005 −0.059 0.068 0.89 −0.020 −0.103 0.063 0.64
PFUnA 0.033 −0.038 0.104 0.37 −0.072 −0.172 0.029 0.16
Total T3
PFOA −14.241 −26.241 −2.240 0.02 11.292 −5.246 27.829 0.18
PFOS −10.542 −22.284 1.199 0.08 8.084 −8.587 24.754 0.34
PFNA −5.648 −11.937 0.641 0.08 10.930 0.074 21.786 <0.05
PFUnA −6.702 −13.033 −0.371 0.04 9.783 −3.539 23.104 0.15
fT3
PFOA −0.219 −0.506 0.068 0.14 0.299 −0.073 0.671 0.11
PFOS −0.302 −0.529 −0.074 0.01 0.352 0.050 0.653 0.02
PFNA −0.139 −0.283 0.005 0.06 0.265 0.062 0.467 0.01
PFUnA −0.174 −0.302 −0.047 0.01 0.192 −0.057 0.441 0.13
ǂ

p for interaction