Relationship between housing characteristics, lifestyle factors and phthalates exposure: the first Korean National Environmental Health Survey (2009–2011)

Jung, Kyungyong; Oh, Hyounho; Ryu, Ji Young; Kim, Dae Hwan; Lee, Sangyoon; Son, Byung-Chul; Lee, Chae-Kwan

doi:10.1186/s40557-015-0078-8

Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Table 3 Urinary geometric mean concentration of phthalate metabolites (μg/g creatinine) categorized by lifestyle factors

From: Relationship between housing characteristics, lifestyle factors and phthalates exposure: the first Korean National Environmental Health Survey (2009–2011)

Male			MnBP				MEOHP				MEHHP
Male			Crude		Adjusted*		Crude		Adjusted*		Crude		Adjusted*
Variable	Category	N	GM	p-value	GM	p-value	GM	p-value	GM	p-value	GM	p-value	GM	p-value
Perfume usage	Less than once a week	2330	51.74	0.008	51.32	0.437	15.59	<0.001	16.44	0.292	22.82	0.003	22.62	0.577
	Once a week or more	214	45.18	0.008	49.35	0.437	14.15	<0.001	15.72	0.292	20.26	0.003	22.09	0.577
Hair product usage	Less than once a week	2081	51.70	0.108	50.70	0.176	16.77	<0.001	16.41	0.663	23.08	<0.001	22.60	0.793
	Once a week or more	463	48.74	0.108	53.30	0.176	14.71	<0.001	16.20	0.663	20.43	<0.001	22.42	0.793
Body cleanser usage	Less than once a week	1938	52.90	<0.001	50.96	0.634	16.93	<0.001	16.20	0.135	23.39	<0.001	22.44	0.418
	Once a week or more	606	45.95	<0.001	51.83	0.634	14.74	<0.001	16.95	0.135	20.14	<0.001	23.01	0.418
Makeup product usage	Less than once a week	2340	51.39	0.263	51.16	0.944	16.52	0.016	16.43	0.396	22.78	0.011	22.65	0.297
	Once a week or more	204	48.48	0.263	51.32	0.944	14.86	0.016	15.85	0.396	20.34	0.011	21.65	0.297
Manicure usage	Not available
Frozen food intake	Less than once a week	2396	51.59	0.016	51.32	0.382	16.47	0.06	16.36	0.845	22.69	0.079	22.56	0.825
	Once a week or more	148	44.59	0.016	48.72	0.382	14.96	0.06	16.53	0.845	20.72	0.079	22.81	0.825
Canned food intake	Less than once a week	2235	52.05	0.001	51.32	0.566	16.63	0.001	16.36	0.831	22.96	<0.001	22.62	0.831
	Once a week or more	309	45.10	0.001	50.05	0.566	14.68	0.001	16.49	0.831	19.99	<0.001	22.29	0.831
Dairy product intake	Less than once a week	1052	52.44	0.141	50.30	0.303	16.75	0.115	15.97	0.074	23.32	0.026	22.29	0.375
	Once a week or more	1492	50.26	0.141	51.79	0.303	16.12	0.115	16.68	0.074	22.07	0.026	22.78	0.375
Female			MnBP				MEOHP				MEHHP
Female			Crude		Adjusted*		Crude		Adjusted*		Crude		Adjusted*
Variable	Category	N	GM	p-value	GM	p-value	GM	p-value	GM	p-value	GM	p-value	GM	p-value
Perfume usage	Less than once a week	2330	65.48	0.016	64.97	0.226	23.26	0.001	22.94	0.811	30.26	<0.001	29.78	0.491
	Once a week or more	384	59.53	0.016	61.87	0.226	20.30	0.001	22.74	0.811	26.59	<0.001	29.11	0.491
Hair product usage	Less than once a week	2000	63.83	0.143	63.75	0.137	22.63	0.078	22.65	0.089	29.39	0.132	29.40	0.157
	Once a week or more	714	66.82	0.143	66.75	0.137	23.71	0.078	23.67	0.089	30.61	0.132	30.54	0.157
Body cleanser usage	Less than once a week	916	66.42	0.169	62.80	0.233	24.97	<0.001	22.69	0.63	32.96	<0.001	29.84	0.785
	Once a week or more	1798	63.69	0.169	65.43	0.233	21.92	<0.001	23.01	0.63	28.18	<0.001	29.61	0.785
Makeup product usage	Less than once a week	910	63.89	0.565	62.18	0.059	24.17	0.001	23.10	0.593	31.48	0.001	29.99	0.579
	Once a week or more	1804	64.97	0.565	65.76	0.059	22.30	0.001	22.81	0.593	28.85	0.001	29.55	0.579
Manicure usage	Less than once a week	2430	64.58	0.945	64.31	0.505	23.01	0.263	22.87	0.771	29.78	0.573	29.58	0.327
	Once a week or more	284	64.78	0.945	66.28	0.505	22.05	0.263	23.10	0.771	29.13	0.573	30.72	0.327
Frozen food intake	Less than once a week	2507	64.62	0.951	64.33	0.482	22.92	0.9	22.78	0.09	29.75	0.662	29.55	0.14
	Once a week or more	207	64.41	0.951	66.75	0.482	22.79	0.9	24.51	0.09	29.18	0.662	31.53	0.14
Canned food intake	Less than once a week	2364	65.31	0.038	64.78	0.451	23.18	0.01	22.83	0.487	30.10	0.003	29.64	0.628
	Once a week or more	350	59.99	0.038	62.74	0.451	21.19	0.01	23.41	0.487	27.11	0.003	30.14	0.628
Dairy product intake	Less than once a week	782	64.33	0.846	62.80	0.208	23.28	0.373	22.35	0.179	30..32	0.277	29.02	0.210
	Once a week or more	1932	64.71	0.846	65.24	0.208	22.76		23.12		29.46		29.96

*adjusted by age, age of building, BMI

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