Table 1.

Characteristics of the study population stratified by PFAS exposure.

	Controls (N = 50)	Exposed (N = 50)	p valuea
Age (years)	18.9 ± 1.1	19.2 ± 1.2	0.417
BMI	22.8 ± 2.1	22.7 ± 2.5	0.978
Smoking (%)	25%	30%	0.616
Alcohol consumption (%)	12,5%	10%	0.723
25OH-D (nmol/L)	54.9 ± 20.1	62.8 ± 14.6	0.163
PTH (ng/dL)	4.9 ± 2.1	8.4 ± 3.8	0.001
Calcium (mM)	2.48 ± 0.08	2.53 ± 0.08	0.051
Phosphate (mM)	1.49 ± 0.40	1.55 ± 0.35	0.590
Serum PFOA (ng/mL)	4.14 ± 1.68	14.02 ± 1.35	< 0.001

^aChi-square test (nominal data) or Mann–Whitney U test (continuous data) was performed.

Significant p values are in bold.