Table 2 Basic characteristics of study population in both higha (the top 75th percentile) and low urinary concentration of triclosan group by gender
Male | Female | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Category | Low (n = 2016) | High (n = 676) | p value | Low (n = 2696) | High (n = 900) | p value | |
Age (years) | 52.6 (15.3) | 49.0 (15.9) | < 0.0001 | 52.3 (14.7) | 48.8 (14.7) | < 0.0001 | |
BMI (kg/m2) | 24.5 (3.1) | 24.7 (3.3) | 0.219 | 24.1 (3.5) | 23.9 (3.5) | 0.034 | |
Education | ≤ Middle school | 618 (30.6) | 144 (21.3) | < 0.0001 | 1162 (43.1) | 283 (31.4) | < 0.0001 |
High school | 633 (31.4) | 189 (28.0) | 783 (29.0) | 296 (32.9) | |||
≥ College | 765 (38.0) | 343 (50.7) | 751 (27.9) | 321 (35.7) | |||
Marital status | Single | 234 (11.6) | 112 (16.6) | 0.003 | 187 (6.9) | 99 (11.0) | < 0.0001 |
Married | 1678 (83.2) | 535 (79.1) | 2088 (77.5) | 691 (76.8) | |||
Others | 104 (5.2) | 29 (4.3) | 421 (15.6) | 110 (12.2) | |||
Household income | 1st quartile | 598 (29.6) | 171 (29.3) | 0.039 | 790 (29.3) | 208 (23.1) | < 0.0001 |
2nd quartile | 947 (47.0) | 314 (46.4) | 1223 (45.4) | 416 (46.2) | |||
3rd quartile | 451 (22.4) | 183 (27.1) | 663 (24.6) | 266 (29.6) | |||
4th quartile | 20 (1.0) | 8 (1.2) | 20 (0.7) | 10 (1.1) | |||
Smoking | None | 552 (27.4) | 190 (28.2) | 0.898 | 2551 (94.6) | 854 (94.9) | 0.135 |
Ex-smoker | 721 (35.8) | 243 (35.9) | 43 (1.6) | 21 (2.3) | |||
Current smoker | 743 (36.8) | 243 (35.9) | 102 (3.8) | 25 (2.8) | |||
Alcohol | None | 333 (16.5) | 96 (14.2) | < 0.0001 | 1323 (49.1) | 401 (44.5) | 0.036 |
Ex | 227 (11.3) | 47 (6.9) | 96 (3.6) | 42 (4.7) | |||
Current | 1456 (72.2) | 533 (78.9) | 1277 (47.3) | 457 (50.8) | |||
Exercise | No | 1007 (49.9) | 302 (44.7) | 0.029 | 1538 (57.0) | 460 (51.1) | 0.005 |
Moderate | 215 (10.7) | 69 (10.2) | 300 (11.1) | 125 (13.9) | |||
Vigorous | 794 (39.4) | 305 (45.1) | 858 (31.9) | 315 (35.0) | |||
Fragrance products | Rarely | 1740 (86.3) | 529 (78.3) | < 0.0001 | 2106 (78.1) | 648 (72.0) | < 0.0001 |
< Once a week | 83 (4.1) | 39 (5.8) | 192 (7.1) | 89 (9.9) | |||
≥ Once a week | 193 (9.6) | 108 (15.9) | 398 (14.8) | 163 (18.1) | |||
Hair care products | Rarely | 1510 (74.9) | 438 (64.8) | < 0.0001 | 1442 (53.5) | 448 (49.8) | 0.113 |
< Once a week | 179 (8.9) | 72 (10.6) | 360 (13.3) | 121 (13.4) | |||
≥ Once a week | 327 (16.2) | 166 (24.6) | 894 (33.2) | 331 (36.8) | |||
Body cleansers | Rarely | 1496 (74.2) | 406 (60.1) | < 0.0001 | 858 (31.8) | 198 (22.0) | < 0.0001 |
< Once a week | 13 (1.6) | 13 (1.9) | 49 (1.8) | 15 (1.7) | |||
≥ Once a week | 487 (24.2) | 257 (38.0) | 1789 (66.4) | 687 (76.3) | |||
Cosmetics | Rarely | 1814 (90.0) | 567 (83.9) | < 0.0001 | 629 (23.3) | 144 (16.0) | < 0.0001 |
< Once a week | 56 (2.8) | 25 (3.7) | 136 (5.0) | 35 (3.9) | |||
≥ Once a week | 146 (7.2) | 84 (12.4) | 1931 (71.6) | 721 (80.1) | |||
Nail care products | Rarely | 2007 (99.5) | 674 (99.7) | 0.604 | 2024 (75.1) | 620 (68.9) | 0.001 |
< Once a week | 6 (0.3) | 2 (0.3) | 469 (17.4) | 201 (22.3) | |||
≥ Once a week | 3 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 203 (7.5) | 79 (8.8) | |||
Antimicrobial agents | Rarely | 1763 (87.4) | 557 (82.4) | 0.004 | 2215 (82.2) | 699 (77.7) | 0.008 |
< Once a week | 38 (1.9) | 19 (2.8) | 114 (4.2) | 42 (4.7) | |||
≥ Once a week | 215 (10.7) | 100 (14.8) | 367 (13.6) | 159 (17.6) | |||
Air fresheners | Rarely | 1517 (75.3) | 500 (73.9) | 0.55 | 2014 (74.7) | 642 (71.3) | 0.13 |
< Once a week | 57 (2.8) | 16 (2.4) | 113 (4.2) | 45 (5.0) | |||
≥ Once a week | 442 (21.9) | 160 (23.7) | 569 (21.1) | 213 (23.7) | |||