Table 2.
Weighted mean levels [standard deviation (SE)] of urinary triclosan and total Serum testosterone by potential confounders.
| Weighted Mean (SE) | |||||||||
| Independent Variables | Categories | Unweighted N (%) | Weighted N (%) | Mean | p | Urinary Triclosan, ng/mL | p | Total Serum Testosterone, ng/dL | p |
| Age, years | N/A | 608 | 40.7 (0.96) | <0.0001 | 112.0 (24.7) | 415.1 (12.5) | |||
| BMI, kg/m2 | 80,795,632 | 28.7 (0.36) | <0.0001 | 0.0003 | <0.0001 | ||||
| Creatinine, mg/dL | 137.6 (5.55) | <0.0001 | |||||||
| Race | |||||||||
| Mexican-American/Hispanic/Other | 149 (24.5%) | 15,215,210 (18.8%) | 162.0 (36.8) | 0.0004 | 413.6 (11.2) | <0.0001 | |||
| Black | 154 (25.3%) | 7,781,869 (9.6%) | 49.4 (11.3) | 0.0004 | 417.4 (17.8) | <0.0001 | |||
| Asian | 93 (15.3%) | 3,659,140 (4.5%) | 79.5 (35.8) | 0.0404 | 406.1 (16.4) | <0.0001 | |||
| White | 212 (34.9%) | 54,139,413 (67.0%) | 109.1 (35.9) | 0.0074 | 415.7 (17.2) | <0.0001 | |||
| Income | |||||||||
| Low | 176 (29.0%) | 15,354,875 (19.0%) | 53.8 (18.2) | 0.0089 | 421.0 (12.7) | <0.0001 | |||
| Middle | 232 (38.2%) | 30,292,907 (37.5%) | 113.7 (29.2) | 0.0012 | 433.6 (23.2) | <0.0001 | |||
| High | 200 (32.9%) | 35,147,851 (43.5%) | 135.8 (47.1) | 0.0104 | 396.5 (18.0) | <0.0001 | |||
| Smoking status | |||||||||
| Smoker | 170 (25.0%) | 21,638,149 (26.8%) | 43.5 (10.5) | 0.0007 | 432.9 (11.6) | <0.0001 | |||
| Non-smoker | 438 (72.0%) | 59,157,484 (73.2%) | 137.0 (36.1) | 0.0015 | 408.5 (16.2) | <0.0001 | |||