Urinary mycoestrogens and age and height at menarche in New Jersey girls

Table 2 Cox regression models for the association between mycoestrogen exposure (ng/ml) and time to menarche in the Jersey Girl Study

Mycoestrogen (ng/ml)	n	Unadjusted HR (95%CI)	Adjusted^a HR(95%CI)	Adjusted^b HR(95%CI)
ZEN
< LOD	62	Ref	Ref	Ref
> LOD	77	1.20 (0.70–2.08)	1.11 (0.78–2.0)	0.99 (0.93–1.05)
Zeranol
< LOD	108	Ref	Ref	Ref
> LOD	31	0.35 (0.06–1.89)	0.41 (0.10–1.85)	0.35 (0.06–2.00)
Total Mycoestrogen
< LOD	31	Ref	Ref	Ref
> LOD	108	1.00 (0.96–1.04)	0.94 (0.89–1.00)	0.99 (0.95–1.04)

HR Hazard Ratio, CI Confidence Interval, LOD limit of detection (0.05 ng/ml), REF: reference group, Total Mycoestrogen [aglycones]: sum of zearalenone, zeranol, α-zearalenol, β-zearalenol, β-zearalanol, and zearalanol, ZEN: Zearalenone
^aAdjusted for family income
^bAdjusted for family income and body mass index at menarche

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