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Table 3 Impact of lnPFOA and lnPFOS on fasting glucose and incident diabetes

From: Perfluorinated compounds in adults and their association with fasting glucose and incident diabetes: a prospective cohort study

Follow-up survey (2012–2016)

lnPFOA

lnPFOS

 

Coefficient (95% CI)

P

Coefficient (95% CI)

P

Fasting glucose, mg/dL a

6.98 (-0.04, 14)

0.054

7.06 (-0.96, 15.08)

0.088

 

HR (95% CI)

P

HR (95% CI)

P

Incident diabetes b

3.98 (1.42, 11.1)

0.008

1.71 (0.37, 7.96)

0.488

  1. Age, sex, income, smoking status, waist circumference, systolic BP, and total cholesterol levels at baseline were considered as covariates. The variables were eliminated through a backward stepwise regression
  2. Abbreviations: CI Confidence interval, HR Hazard ratio, lnPFOA log-transformed perfluorooctanoic acid, lnPFOS log-transformed perfluorooctanesulfonic acid
  3. aLinear regression analysis
  4. bCox regression analysis
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