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Table 5 Partial Pearsona correlation between creatinine-adjusted PAHs and body fat percentages among non-smokers with Hispanic ethnicity aged 20 years and older

From: Urinary polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon excretion and regional body fat distribution: evidence from the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2001–2016

Pollutant

N

Total fat (%)

Trunk fat (%)

Leg fat (%)

Trunk/leg ratio

Total lean mass (%)

Bone mineral density (g/cm2)

BMI

(kg/m2)

WC

(cm)

Total naphthalene (ng/g)

763

−0.002

0.02

−0.03

0.10

0.01

−0.07

0.04

0.06

1-naphthalene (ng/g)

757

−0.05

−0.05

− 0.06

0.01

0.03

−0.04

− 0.05

−0.05

2-naphthalene (ng/g)

761

0.03

0.05

−0.004

0.11

0.004

−0.06

0.09

0.10b

Total fluorene (ng/g)

762

0.01

0.02

0.004

0.03

−0.04

−0.06

−0.03

− 0.06

2-fluorene (ng/g)

762

0.02

0.02

0.03

0.01

−0.05

−0.14b

− 0.02

−0.05

3-fluorene (ng/g)

758

−0.07

−0.07

− 0.04

−0.04

0.06

−0.13b

− 0.10b

−0.12b

9-fluorene (ng/g)

311

0.05

0.05

0.02

0.04

−0.05

− 0.02

0.12

0.08

Total phenanthrene (ng/g)

764

0.03

0.04

0.01

0.04

−0.06

−0.04

− 0.03

−0.07

1-phenanthrene (ng/g)

762

−0.01

−0.004

− 0.03

0.02

− 0.01

−0.09

− 0.04

−0.07

2-phenanthrene (ng/g)

450

0.13

0.13

0.11

0.07

−0.14b

−0.10

0.17b

0.10

3-phenanthrene (ng/g)

453

−0.03

−0.03

− 0.02

−0.04

0.02

−0.12

− 0.03

−0.09

4-phenanthrene (ng/g)

283

0.23b

0.24b

0.17b

0.16

−0.20b

0.07

0.31b

0.27b

1-pyrene (ng/g)

760

−0.05

−0.05

− 0.04

−0.01

0.05

−0.15

− 0.02

−0.03

Total PAHs

767

0.03

0.05

−0.01

0.11

−0.03

−0.07

0.04

0.05

  1. Abbreviation: DXA dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry, PAH Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
  2. aAll correlating variables were log-transformed (e base). Pearson correlation coefficients were adjusted for gender, age (continuous), education (high school or below, any college, and college graduate or above), poverty ratio (< vs. ≥1), moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (yes, no), alcohol use (non-drinkers, 1–3 drinks/day, ≥4 drinks/day), total calorie intake (continuous), protein intake (continuous), serum cotinine levels (continuous), and serum C-reactive protein levels (tertiles). All PAHs accounted for urinary creatinine levels
  3. bSignificant correlations were adjusted using False Discovery Rate Benjamini-Hochberg Procedure