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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Chemosphere. 2022 Mar 31;300:134450. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134450

Table 3.

Incidence rate ratios (IRRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) in overweight/obese measures by detectable concentrations of urinary neonicotinoids in US adults, NHANES, 2015–2016^

Overweight/Obese (N=1517) Overweight (N=1517) Obese (N=1517)
IRR (95% CI) IRR (95% CI) IRR (95% CI)
Any parent neonicotinoid
Detect 0.91 (0.69, 1.19) 1.17 (0.79, 1.74) 0.72 (0.50, 1.05)
Non-detect 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent)
  Acetamiprid
Detect 0.60 (0.33, 1.08) 0.55 (0.20, 1.51) 0.64 (0.20, 2.00)
Non-detect 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent)
  Clothianidin
Detect 0.85 (0.64, 1.12) 1.13 (0.70, 1.83) 0.67 (0.43, 1.04)
Non-detect 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent)
  Imidacloprid
Detect 1.04 (0.79, 1.37) 1.24 (0.70, 2.17) 0.87 (0.51, 1.46)
Non-detect 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent)
Any neonicotinoid metabolite
Detect 1.04 (0.97, 1.11) 1.03 (0.76, 1.40) 1.04 (0.83, 1.31)
Non-detect 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent)
  5-Hydroxy-imidacloprid
Detect 1.11 (1.04, 1.18)* 1.08 (0.81, 1.46) 1.13 (0.90, 1.42)
Non-detect 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent)
  N-Desmethyl-acetamiprid
Detect 1.02 (0.93, 1.13) 1.05 (0.77, 1.44) 1.00 (0.78, 1.28)
Non-detect 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent)
^

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

*

Statistically significant at P<0.05.