Table 2.

Cross-sectional association between phthalate biomarkers and adiposity, N=1125

	VAT	P-value	SAT
Phthalate biomarker	Beta (95% CI)		Beta (95% CI)	P-value
MEP
Per 1 SD	−1.00 (−3.96 , 1.96)	0.51	0.65 (−3.38 , 4.68)	0.75
≤32.8	ref		ref
32.9 - 68.1	−1.59 (−6.85 , 3.67)	0.55	0.04 (−8.16 , 8.24)	0.99
68.2 - 163	−1.57 (−7.32 , 4.17)	0.59	−0.95 (−9.91 , 8.02)	0.84
≥164	−4.74 (−11.10 , 1.62)	0.14	−0.44 (−10.37 , 9.48)	0.93
P trend	0.17		0.89
ΣDBP
Per 1 SD	−0.77 (−3.74 , 2.20)	0.61	1.64 (−2.37 , 5.66)	0.42
≤0.0586	ref		ref
0.0587 - 0.116	1.59 (−3.77 , 6.95)	0.56	7.38 (−0.97 , 15.72)	0.08
0.117 - 0.231	2.46 (−3.36 , 8.27)	0.41	5.75 (−3.31 , 14.80)	0.21
≥0.231	−1.20 (−7.97 , 5.57)	0.73	3.41 (−7.15 , 13.96)	0.53
P trend	0.84		0.59
ΣDiBP
Per 1 SD	4.02 (0.70 , 7.34)	0.02	6.93 (2.42 , 11.45)	0.003
≤0.0061	ref		ref
0.0062 - 0.0124	1.98 (−3.29 , 7.24)	0.46	4.32 (−3.87 , 12.50)	0.30
0.0125 - 0.0249	3.13 (−2.74 , 9.01)	0.30	10.11 (0.97 , 19.26)	0.03
≥0.025	3.54 (−3.43 , 10.51)	0.32	10.00 (−0.87 , 20.88)	0.07
P trend	0.28		0.04
MBzP
Per 1 SD	1.57 (−1.53 , 4.67)	0.32	0.70 (−3.50 , 4.89)	0.74
≤6	ref		ref
6.1 - 11.8	3.73 (−1.63 , 9.08)	0.17	7.20 (−1.14 , 15.53)	0.09
11.9 - 22	4.99 (−0.77 , 10.76)	0.09	3.46 (−5.52 , 12.43)	0.45
≥22.1	3.74 (−2.93 , 10.41)	0.27	1.62 (−8.77 , 12.02)	0.76
P trend	0.24		0.91
MCPP
Per 1 SD	1.63 (−1.38 , 4.64)	0.29	0.24 (−3.82 , 4.31)	0.91
≤1.7	ref		ref
1.8 - 3.1	2.88 (−2.35 , 8.11)	0.28	3.45 (−4.69 , 11.59)	0.41
3.2 - 5.5	6.44 (0.81 , 12.07)	0.02	5.93 (−2.84 , 14.70)	0.19
≥5.6	6.35 (−0.32 , 13.01)	0.06	6.48 (−3.91 , 16.88)	0.22
P trend	0.03		0.19
ΣDEHP
Per 1 SD	3.75 (0.77 , 6.74)	0.01	4.86 (0.83 , 8.88)	0.02
≤0.101	ref		ref
0.102 - 0.181	4.72 (−0.54 , 9.99)	0.08	5.23 (−2.97 , 13.43)	0.21
0.182 - 0.333	5.78 (0.21 , 11.36)	0.04	9.85 (1.18 , 18.53)	0.03
≥0.334	7.18 (0.77 , 13.60)	0.03	8.89 (−1.10 , 18.89)	0.08
P trend	0.03		0.05
MCOP
Per 1 SD	3.31 (0.48 , 6.14)	0.02	2.46 (−1.37 , 6.29)	0.21
≤2.1	ref		ref
2.2 - 3.6	2.66 (−2.52 , 7.84)	0.31	2.18 (−5.87 , 10.24)	0.59
37 - 6.5	6.36 (0.70 , 12.02)	0.03	5.73 (−3.09 , 14.54)	0.20
≥6.6	5.15 (−0.96 , 11.25)	0.10	3.64 (−5.86 , 13.14)	0.45
P trend	0.06		0.37
MCNP
Per 1 SD	0.20 (−2.41 , 2.80)	0.88	−0.05 (−3.54 , 3.44)	0.98
≤1.6	ref		ref
1.7 - 2.7	2.57 (−2.62 , 7.77)	0.33	5.52 (−2.55 , 13.58)	0.18
2.8 - 4.8	3.43 (−2.14 , 9.00)	0.23	6.08 (−2.56 , 14.73)	0.17
≥4.9	3.98 (−1.97 , 9.93)	0.19	5.14 (−4.10 , 14.37)	0.28
P trend	0.19		0.31

Adjusted for age, creatinine, race, education, SES index, smoking status, alcohol use, daily energy intake, Healthy Eating Index score, Dietary Modification Trial arm