Table 3 Relationships of potential confounders with EUC exposure variables, Pearson correlation coefficient, n = 63

Age in years

.31^c

.31^c

.21

.18

.39^c

.30^c

.33^c

.42^c

BMI Group

-.03

-.09

-.14

-.15

.00

-.04

.05

-.05

Lipids

.20

.03

.11

.01

.22

.20

.24

.19

Drink Group

-.19

-.18

-.09

-.10

-.20

-.19

−08

-.18

GGT in U/L^b

.04

.01

-.01

.01

-.02

.05

-.02

-.30

TSH ultra sens in mciu/mL^b

-.29^cd

-.27^cd

-.37^cd

-.36^cd

-.26^ce

-.29^cd

-.25^e

-.30^cd

Triiodothyronine in ng/dL^b

-.03

-.10

.01

.02

-.08

-.03

-.01

-.06

T3-uptake in%

-.27^cd

-.25^d

-.24^d

-.28^cd

-.17

-.28^cd

-.21^e

-.17

Total T4 in mcg/dL^b

.14

.11

.26^cd

.28^cd

.12

.14

.19

.11

Free T4 Index^b

-.03

-.04

.15

.15

.01

-.04

.06

.01

SHBG in nmol/L^b

-.00

.06

.06

.11

.02

-.00

-.06

.06

LH in mIU/ml^b

-.13

-.11

.08

.11

-.15^e

-.13

-.13

-.12

Testosterone (T) in nmol/L^b

-.05

.01

-.08

-.02

-.01

-.06

.03^e

-.01

% T bound to SHBG

.10

.16

.18

.25^c

.09

.10

.08

.15

Conc. T bound to SHBG^b

-.00

.08

.02

.10

.02

-.00

.06

.06

Estradiol (E2) in pmol/L

.13

.16

.01

-.01

.12

.13

.16^e

.08

DHEAS in μmol/L^b

-.02

-.03

-.04

-.03

.04

-.02

.13^d

.00

Cortisol in nmol/L^b

.16

.17

.27^cd

.25^ce

.17

.16

.14

.16

2-OHE1 in ng/mL^b

.01

-.00

.06

.11

-.02

.01

.03

.03

16a-OHE1 in ng/mL^b

-.01

-.04

-.04

-.03

.01

-.01

.02

-.01

2-OHE1/16a-OHE1^b

.00

.02

.13

.17

-.06

.01

-.01

.02

2-OHE1/Creatinine^b

.04

.07

.14

.21

.02

.05

-.03

.11

16a-OHE1/Creatinine^b

.02

.05

.04

.09

.03

.02

-.06

.06