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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Feb 3.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Sci Technol. 2019 Nov 20;53(23):13906–13918. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.9b03373

Table 5.

Associations of DDTs (Log Base 2 ng/g Lipids) with Liver Fat Attenuation and Fatty Liver (n = 134 Subjects)

change in liver-to-spleen attenuation (HU) per doubled DDTs odds of fatty liver per doubled DDTs
slope 95% CI p-value odds ratio 95% CI p-value
model 11 −0.035 (−0.062, −0.009) 0.009 1.40 (1.07, 1.85) 0.01
model 22 −0.051 (−0.082, −0.020) 0.001 1.66 (1.11, 2.50) 0.01
model 33 −0.042 (−0.074, −0.010) 0.01 1.52 (1.0001, 2.30) 0.0499
1

Model 1: simple model of DDTs and outcomes.

2

Model 2: adjusted by confounding variables (age, sex, years in the US, education attainment (less than or completed high school, less than a bachelors degree, holding a bachelors degree, and more than a bachelors degree), and fish protein).

3

Model 2 plus BMI categories: adjusted by age, sex, years in the US, education attainment (less than or completed high school, less than a bachelors degree, holding a bachelors degree, and more than a bachelors degree), fish protein, and obesity/overweight/normal (by BMI >27.5, 27.5–23, or <23 kg/m2, respectively). Note that we adjusted by BMI categories rather than waist circumference categories to maximize sample size.