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Published in final edited form as: Chemosphere. 2022 Mar 28;299:134447. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134447

Table 2.

Adjusted odds of membership to cluster 2 and cluster 3 (95% CI) from the k-means clustering analysis based on demographic, behavioral, dietary, reproductive, and personal care product use correlates for women from SELF (N= 751).a,b,c

Cluster 2 Cluster 3

Demographic
Age, 1-year increase 0.97 (0.91, 1.03) 1.04 (0.99, 1.12)
Marital Status
 Never married Ref Ref
 Currently married 0.57 (0.36, 0.91) 0.74 (0.44, 1.24)
 Previously married 0.94 (0.54, 1.62) 0.76 (0.40, 1.44)
Education
 HS degree/GED Ref Ref
 Some college/Associate’s/Technical school 0.92 (0.55, 1.54) 1.34 (0.72, 2.49)
 Bachelor’s/Master’s/PhD 0.76 (0.38, 1.51) 1.12 (0.50, 2.47)
Income
 <$20,000/year Ref Ref
 $20–50,000/year 1.25 (0.78, 2.00) 1.43 (0.84, 2.45)
 >$50,000/year 1.40 (0.71, 2.76) 1.63 (0.78, 3.39)
Employment
 Not employed Ref Ref
 Employed <30 hours/week 1.38 (0.76, 2.50) 2.16 (1.09, 4.27)
 Employed ≥30 hours/week 1.12 (0.72, 1.74) 1.78 (1.07, 2.98)
Behavioral/Anthropometric
BMI (kg/m2), 1-unit increase 1.01 (0.99, 1.03) 1.03 (1.01, 1.05)
Smoking
 Non-smoker Ref Ref
 Former smoker 0.81 (0.41, 1.59) 1.02 (0.47, 2.23)
 Current smoker <10 cigarettes/day 1.63 (0.88, 3.00) 2.25 (1.11, 4.55)
 Current smoker ≥10 cigarettes/day 1.56 (0.64, 3.82) 1.26 (0.42, 3.80)
Alcohol use
 Non-drinker Ref Ref
 Moderate consumption 0.86 (0.56, 1.34) 0.92 (0.56, 1.53)
 Heavy consumption 0.71 (0.41, 1.23) 0.71 (0.38, 1.34)
Dietary
Number of daily servings of meat, fish, poultry, beans and eggs 1.00 (0.92, 1.09) 0.97 (0.88, 1.08)
Number of daily servings of milk, yogurt and cheese 0.81 (0.64, 1.04) 0.96 (0.73, 1.26)
Drank water from a plastic bottle in past 24-hr
 No Ref Ref
 Yes 0.80 (0.54, 1.20) 0.65 (0.42, 1.02)
Ate food from a can in past 24-hr
 No Ref Ref
 Yes 1.13 (0.75, 1.71) 1.14 (0.72, 1.81)
Reproductive
Age at menarche (years)
 ≤10 1.22 (0.70, 2.14) 1.10 (0.57, 2.11)
 11 1.20 (0.71,2.02) 1.04 (0.57, 1.90)
 12 Ref Ref
 13 0.92 (0.53, 1.61) 1.07 (0.57, 2.01)
 ≥14 1.08 (0.61, 1.93) 1.95 (1.04, 3.67)
Parity
 Nulliparous Ref Ref
 1 1.45 (0.88, 2.40) 1.07 (0.61, 1.87)
 2 1.26 (0.70, 2.27) 0.78 (0.39, 1.53)
 ≥3 1.12 (0.60, 2.07) 0.77 (0.37, 1.57)
Ever use oral contraceptives
 No Ref Ref
 Yes 1.27 (0.84, 1.94) 0.87 (0.54, 1.40)
Ever use progestin-only injectable
 No Ref Ref
 Yes 0.87 (0.59, 1.30) 0.78 (0.49, 1.22)
Hormonal contraceptive use at baseline
 No Ref Ref
 Yes 1.06 (0.70, 1.61) 1.23 (0.77, 1.97)
Current use of vaginal ring
 No Ref Ref
 Yes 1.43 (0.76, 2.68) 2.42 (1.28, 4.59)
Used condoms in past 24-hr
 No Ref Ref
 Yes 4.91 (1.61, 15.01) 2.21 (0.60, 8.22)
Personal care product use
Used perfume in past 24-hr
 No Ref Ref
 Yes 0.82 (0.55, 1.21) 0.88 (0.56, 1.37)
Used lotion before bed in past 24-hr
 No Ref Ref
 Yes 1.01 (0.68, 1.48) 0.93 (0.60, 1.45)
Used make-up in past 24-hr
 No Ref Ref
 Yes 1.12 (0.73, 1.72) 1.11 (0.68, 1.81)
Used nail polish in past 24-hr
 No Ref Ref
 Yes 2.44 (1.22, 4.87) 2.26 (1.06, 4.84)
Used vaginal douche in past 24-hr
 No Ref Ref
 Yes 0.80 (0.23, 2.80) 1.11 (0.28, 4.42)
Used vaginal powder in past 24-hr
 No Ref Ref
 Yes 1.20 (0.68, 2.15) 1.62 (0.87, 3.03)
Used vaginal deodorant in past 24-hr
 No Ref Ref
 Yes 1.60 (0.82, 3.13) 2.38 (1.16, 4.89)
Frequency of sunscreen use at baseline
 Never/hardly ever Ref Ref
 Sometimes 1.30 (0.75, 2.25) 1.20 (0.65, 2.21)
 Often 3.38 (1.20, 9.55) 3.20 (1.05, 9.79)
 Always/nearly always 0.69 (0.31, 1.55) 1.55 (0.68, 3.53)
a

Cluster 1 N= 232, cluster 2 N= 318, cluster 3 N= 201

b

Cluster 1 is the reference cluster.

c

Cluster1 was characterized by the lowest biomarker concentrations, except for BPS. Cluster 2 was characterized by the highest concentrations of the parabens, two phenols (BPF and triclosan), metabolites of low molecular weight phthalates, and one metabolite of high molecular weight phthalates (MBzP). Cluster 3 was characterized by the highest concentrations for metabolites of high molecular weight phthalates (except MBzP), triclocarban, and most phenols.