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Published in final edited form as: Chemosphere. 2022 Mar 31;300:134450. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134450

Table 2.

Estimated differences (β) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) in adiposity measures by detectable concentrations of urinary neonicotinoids in US adults, NHANES, 2015–2016^

Fat mass index (N=822) Lean mass index (N=844) Body fat % (N=824) Waist circumference (cm) (N=1462) BMI (kg/m2) (N=1517)
β (95% CI) β (95% CI) β (95% CI) β (95% CI) β (95% CI)
Any parent neonicotinoid
Detect −0.14 (−1.11, 0.82) −0.45 (−1.35, 0.44) 0.24 (−0.96, 1.44) −1.67 (−4.74, 1.41) −0.77 (−2.27, 0.73)
Non-detect 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent)
  Acetamiprid
Detect −3.17 (−4.79, −1.54)* −3.17 (−5.17, −1.17)* −4.41 (−8.20, −0.62)* −9.80 (−19.08, −0.51)* −3.88 (−7.25, −0.51)*
Non-detect 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent)
  Clothianidin
Detect −0.10 (−1.21, 1.01) −0.49 (−1.66, 0.68) 0.40 (−1.27, 2.07) −0.94 (−4.63, 2.74) −0.71 (−2.37, 0.95)
Non-detect 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent)
  Imidacloprid
Detect 0.05 (−1.40, 1.49) −0.06 (−1.15, 1.02) 0.28 (−1.64, 2.20) −2.04 (−5.77, 1.69) −0.53 (−2.61, 1.55)
Non-detect 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent)
Any neonicotinoid metabolite
Detect 0.24 (−0.37, 0.86) 0.62 (0.03, 1.21)* −0.15 (−1.01, 0.70) −0.47 (−2.36, 1.42) 0.15 (−0.65, 0.95)
Non-detect 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent)
  5-Hydroxy-imidacloprid
Detect 0.17 (−0.58, 0.93) 0.67 (0.04, 1.29)* −0.15 (−1.43, 1.13) −0.61 (−2.94, 1.72) −0.03 (−0.91, 0.84)
Non-detect 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent)
  N-Desmethyl-acetamiprid
Detect 0.30 (−0.36, 0.96) 0.60 (−0.06, 1.26) −0.05 (−0.90, 1.00) −0.01 (−2.35, 2.33) 0.28 (−0.60, 1.17)
Non-detect 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent)
^

Adjusted by age, race, sex, marital status, current health status, and thyroid status.

*

Statistically significant at P<0.05