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Published in final edited form as: Environ Pollut. 2021 Oct 12;292(Pt A):118021. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118021

Table 1.

Phthalate Exposures and Associations with Sociodemographic and Behavioral Factors, NHANES 2001–2010 Linked Mortality File.

Characteristic No. LMW HMW DEHP
Tertile 1 Tertile 2 Tertile 3 P Tertile 1 Tertile 2 Tertile 3 P Tertile 1 Tertile 2 Tertile 3 P
Number of participants 5303 1768 1765 1769 1766 1768 1769 1766 1768 1769
Age, years, mean ± SE 57.9±0.4 56.2±0.3 55.4±0.4 <0.0001 57.7±0.4 56.3±0.3 55.7±0.3 <0.0001 57.4±0.4 56.5±0.4 55.8±0.4 0.001
Sex, % (SE)
 Male 2663 45.6 (1.5) 47.1 (1.4) 49.7 (1.5) 0.10 40.0 (1.3) 51.2 (1.5) 51.0 (1.5) <0.0001 39.4 (1.4) 52.2 (1.5) 50.6 (1.5) <0.0001
 Female 2640 54.4 (1.5) 52.9 (1.4) 50.3 (1.5) 60.0 (1.3) 48.8 (1.5) 49.0 (1.5) 60.6 (1.4) 47.8 (1.5) 49.4 (1.5)
Race/ethnicity, % (SE)
 Hispanic 1220 6.5 (1.0) 8.7 (1.2) 12.8 (1.3) <0.0001 8.0 (1.0) 10.2 (1.3) 9.3 (1.1) 0.001 7.7 (1.0) 10.4 (1.4) 9.4 (1.1) 0.001
 Non-Hispanic whites 2842 82.5 (1.4) 76.6 (1.7) 67.2 (2.1) 78.6 (1.5) 74.6 (1.8) 74.6 (1.7) 79.2 (1.4) 73.4 (1.9) 75.2 (1.8)
 Non-Hispanic black 1047 4.6 (0.5) 10.9 (1.0) 16.3 (1.4) 7.5 (0.7) 11.1 (1.1) 12.0 (1.1) 7.8 (0.7) 11.2 (1.0) 11.7 (1.1)
 Other 194 6.5 (0.9) 3.7 (0.6) 3.7 (0.6) 5.9 (0.8) 4.2 (0.7) 4.0 (0.7) 5.4 (0.7) 5.0 (0.8) 3.8 (0.7)
Education, % (SE)
 Less than high school 1634 16.5 (1.0) 19.7 (1.1) 21.7 (1.4) 0.001 18.6 (1.2) 19.3 (1.2) 19.4 (1.5) 0.84 19.3 (1.2) 19.7 (1.2) 18.3 (1.4) 0.89
 High school 1274 24.0 (1.2) 25.8 (1.3) 27.1 (1.6) 24.7 (1.2) 26.0 (1.5) 26.0 (1.3) 25.3 (1.2) 25.1 (1.5) 26.2 (1.3)
 College or higher 2395 59.5 (1.6) 54.6 (1.5) 51.2 (2.0) 56.7 (1.6) 54.7 (1.8) 54.6 (1.6) 55.3 (1.6) 55.2 (1.7) 55.5 (1.7)
Family income to poverty ratio, % (SE)
 <1 797 8.6 (0.9) 9.6 (0.8) 10.7 (0.9) 0.08 8.9 (0.8) 10.0 (0.9) 9.7 (0.9) 0.9 9.3 (0.8) 10.3 (0.9) 9.1 (0.8) 0.34
 1.−1.9 1267 15.2 (1.0) 17.2 (1.2) 19.4 (1.2) 18.0 (1.2) 17.1 (1.2) 16.2 (1.1) 19.0 (1.2) 16.8 (1.2) 15.5 (1.0)
 2–3.9 1333 28.4 (1.7) 26.4 (1.4) 25.2 (1.2) 26.1 (1.4) 27.6 (1.3) 26.8 (1.3) 26.4 (1.4) 27.2 (1.2) 26.8 (1.4)
 ≥4 1492 41.5 (1.9) 39.8 (1.6) 37.8 (1.7) 40.0 (1.8) 38.7 (1.9) 40.8 (1.5) 38.2 (1.9) 39.4 (1.8) 42.0 (1.5)
 missing 414 6.3 (0.7) 6.9 (0.8) 3.9 (0.7) 7.0 (0.8) 6.6 (0.7) 6.5 (0.7) 7.1 (0.8) 6.3 (0.8) 6.7 (0.7)
Alcohol drink, %(SE)
 Non-drinker 3111 57.6 (1.4) 57.3 (2.0) 54.4 (1.6) 0.74 54.6 (1.7) 56.5 (1.8) 58.6 (1.7) 0.0001 52.3 (1.7) 57.0 (1.7) 60.4 (1.7) <0.0001
 Moderate drinking 362 6.9 (0.7) 7.2 (0.9) 7.2 (0.8) 5.5 (0.6) 6.9 (0.8) 9.0 (0.8) 4.8 (0.6) 7.6 (0.8) 9.0 (0.8)
 Heavy drinking 623 15.1 (1.3) 14.7 (1.3) 15.2 (1.1) 14.7 (1.4) 14.0 (1.0) 16.2 (1.3) 14.5 (1.3) 14.1 (1.2) 16.3 (1.3)
 Missing 1207 20.4 (1.4) 20.8 (1.7) 23.2 (1.4) 25.3 (1.8) 22.5 (1.6) 16.2 (1.4) 28.4 (1.8) 21.2 (1.6) 14.4 (1.5)
Smoke, % (SE)
 Never smoker 2554 51.4 (1.5) 49.7 (1.4) 46.1 (1.6) 0.06 49.2 (1.4) 49.0 (1.4) 49.6 (1.5) 0.72 48.7 (1.5) 49.1 (1.5) 49.9 (1.5) 0.21
 Ever smoker 1696 30.7 (1.4) 31.3 (1.5) 31.2 (1.5) 30.3 (1.3) 30.9 (1.4) 31.9 (1.4) 30.0 (1.4) 30.9 (1.3) 32.4 (1.4)
 Current smoker 1053 17.9 (1.0) 19.0 (1.5) 22.7 (1.4) 20.5 (1.3) 20.1 (1.2) 18.5 (1.0) 21.5 (1.4) 20.2 (1.2) 17.7 (1.2)
Physical activity, % (SE)
 Below 2531 41.8 (1.6) 38.7 (1.2) 43.3 (1.7) 0.23 39.3 (1.7) 43.0 (1.5) 41.4 (1.5) 0.44 41.2 (1.6) 41.0 (1.8) 41.5 (1.5) 0.75
 Meet 690 14.0 (1.0) 15.8 (1.1) 14.0 (1.1) 14.2 (1.2) 14.8 (1.0) 14.7 (1.3) 13.5 (1.2) 15.7 (1.2) 14.6 (1.3)
 Exceed 2082 44.2 (1.6) 45.6 (1.3) 42.8 (1.7) 46.4 (1.6) 42.2 (1.5) 43.9 (1.7) 45.3 (1.6) 43.4 (1.7) 43.9 (1.7)
BMI, % (SE)
 <25 kg/m2 1366 33.0 (1.9) 28.9 (1.4) 22.8 (1.3) <0.0001 35.9 (1.6) 27.8 (1.9) 21.2 (1.3) <0.0001 35.4 (1.7) 28.8 (1.7) 20.7 (1.3) <0.0001
 25–29.9 kg/m2 1899 34.3 (1.4) 34.5 (1.6) 34.3 (1.4) 35.1 (1.4) 33.2 (1.4) 34.8 (1.4) 35.4 (1.2) 33.1 (1.5) 34.5 (1.4)
 ≥30 kg/m2 1934 31.4 (1.4) 35.9 (1.6) 41.2 (1.5) 28.0 (1.4) 37.2 (1.4) 42.4 (1.6) 28.1 (1.6) 36.3 (1.3) 43.1 (1.7)
 Missing 104 1.3 (0.4) 1.5 (0.4) 1.8 (0.4) 1.1 (0.3) 1.9 (0.4) 1.7 (0.4) 1.1 (0.3) 1.9 (0.4) 1.7 (0.4)
HEI2010 score, mean ± SE 51.9±0.5 50.1±0.4 48.5±0.5 <0.0001 52.6±0.6 49.6±0.5 48.5±0.5 <0.0001 52.0±0.6 49.9±0.5 48.8±0.5 <0.0001
Total energy intake, kcal/d, mean ± SE 2043.2±27.8 2047.5±31.3 2141.2±37.0 0.04 1937.9±29.7 2129.1±31.5 2145.8±34.1 <0.0001 1940.7±30.5 2114.9±31.3 2149.0±35.4 <0.0001