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. 2021 Jul 13;20:81. doi: 10.1186/s12940-021-00767-2

Table 6.

Associations between urine biomarkers of chemical exposure and current asthma in adult participants

Sex: male vs female Current asthma Interactionc
∆/OR CI p ∆/OR CI p p
Sum of parabena -0.68 (-0.83,-0.53)  < 0.001 -0.14 (-0.46,0.18) 0.4 0.03
Methylparabena -1.71 (-2.05,-1.38)  < 0.001 -0.05 (-0.65,0.74) 0.9 0.03
Butylparabenb 0.13 (0.08,0.22)  < 0.001 0.44 (0.16,1.21) 0.1 0.8
Propylparabena -2.20 (-2.57,-1.84)  < 0.001 -0.37 (-1.24,0.50) 0.4 0.9
Ethylparabena -1.11 (-1.40,-0.82)  < 0.001 -0.11 (-0.67,0.45) 0.7 0.06
Benzophenone-3a -1.53 (-1.94,-1.12)  < 0.001 -0.05 (-0.86,0.75) 0.9 0.2
Bisphenol Sa -0.09 (-0.22,0.04) 0.2 0.09 (-0.13,0.32) 0.4 0.01
Bisphenol Fa -0.12 (-0.32,0.08) 0.2 0.25 (-0.18,0.68) 0.2 0.4
Bisphenol Aa 0.19 (0.04,0.34) 0.01 -0.03 (-0.26,0.19) 0.8 0. 5
2,4- DCPa -0.06 (-0.19,0.08) 0.42 0.02 (-0.28, 0.31) 0.6 0.8
2,5 –DCPb 1.85 (1.21,2.83) 0.004 0.47 (0.19,1.20) 0.1 0.8
Triclosanb -0.06 (-0.15,0.03) 0.2 -0.08 (-0.24,0.09) 0.2 0.1
Triclocarbanb 0.67 (0.28,1.65) 0.4 0.65 (0.09,4.95) 0.7 1.0

aMultiple linear or blogistic regression including sex and current eczema adjusted for BMI, IgE, age, smoking, and time of day of urine sampling; cInteraction term between sex and current asthma