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Table 4 Results of stratified analyses by adiposity traits for the association between exposure to air pollution and free thyroxine

From: Effects of the abdominal fat distribution on the relationship between exposure to air pollutants and thyroid hormones among Korean adult males

Abdominal adiposity

Exposure

FT4 (ng/dL)

Normal adiposity

High adiposity

Crude Model

Adjusted Modela

Crude Model

Adjusted Modela

β (SE)

p

β (SE)

p

β (SE)

p

β (SE)

p

WC (cm)

Sample n

WC < 90 cm (n = 1016)

WC ≥ 90 cm (n = 1424)

PM10 (μg/m3)

0.0004 (0.0070)

0.9515

− 0.0004 (0.0072)

0.9511

− 0.0113 (0.0059)

0.0530

− 0.0098 (0.0061)

0.1063

NO2 (ppb)

− 0.0097 (0.0062)

0.1168

− 0.0123 (0.0063)

0.0507

− 0.0086 (0.0050)

0.0836

− 0.0085 (0.0051)

0.0919

SO2 (ppb)

− 0.0035 (0.0064)

0.5861

− 0.0036 (0.0064)

0.5713

0.0012 (0.0052)

0.8217

0.0004 (0.0052)

0.9425

CO (ppm)

− 0.0006 (0.0082)

0.9373

− 0.0024 (0.0083)

0.7757

− 0.0135 (0.0065)

0.0393

− 0.0133 (0.0066)

0.0443

VAT (cm2)

Sample n

VAT < 100 cm2 (n = 678)

VAT ≥ 100 cm2 (n = 1762)

PM10 (μg/m3)

0.0093 (0.0089)

0.2966

0.0107 (0.0092)

0.2471

− 0.0112 (0.0052)

0.0314

− 0.0119 (0.0054)

0.0275

NO2 (ppb)

0.0064 (0.0074)

0.3844

0.0066 (0.0075)

0.3777

− 0.0146 (0.0045)

0.0013

− 0.0166 (0.0046)

0.0004

SO2 (ppb)

0.0093 (0.0079)

0.2390

0.0083 (0.0079)

0.2949

− 0.0044 (0.0047)

0.3558

− 0.0044 (0.0047)

0.3528

CO (ppm)

0.0029 (0.0101)

0.7728

0.0012 (0.0102)

0.9093

− 0.0119 (0.0060)

0.0456

− 0.0135 (0.0060)

0.0249

SAT (cm2)

Sample n

SAT < 100 cm2 (n = 543)

SAT ≥ 100 cm2 (n = 1897)

PM10 (μg/m3)

− 0.0018 (0.0103)

0.8647

0.0016 (0.0107)

0.8843

− 0.0067 (0.0050)

0.1788

− 0.0071 (0.0052)

0.1719

NO2 (ppb)

− 0.0013 (0.0085)

0.8815

− 0.0012 (0.0087)

0.8909

− 0.0105 (0.0043)

0.0157

− 0.0121 (0.0044)

0.0064

SO2 (ppb)

0.0092 (0.0083)

0.2680

0.0093 (0.0083)

0.2621

− 0.0036 (0.0047)

0.4415

− 0.0041 (0.0047)

0.3790

CO (ppm)

0.0007 (0.0112)

0.9513

− 0.0000 (0.0112)

0.9966

− 0.0105 (0.0058)

0.0700

− 0.0116 (0.0058)

0.0467

VSR

Sample n

VSR < 1.0 (n = 1379)

VSR ≥ 1.0 (n = 1061)

PM10 (μg/m3)

0.0053 (0.0060)

0.3831

0.0069 (0.0063)

0.2676

− 0.0201 (0.0067)

0.0028

− 0.0220 (0.0070)

0.0017

NO2 (ppb)

0.0000 (0.0053)

0.9960

− 0.0002 (0.0054)

0.9663

− 0.0188 (0.0057)

0.0009

− 0.0207 (0.0058)

0.0004

SO2 (ppb)

0.0055 (0.0057)

0.3315

0.0045 (0.0057)

0.4296

− 0.0066 (0.0058)

0.2612

− 0.0052 (0.0058)

0.3724

CO (ppm)

0.0012 (0.0070)

0.8689

0.0007 (0.0071)

0.9245

− 0.0190 (0.0076)

0.0123

− 0.0210 (0.0076)

0.0059

  1. FT4, free thyroxine; WC, waist circumference; VAT, visceral adipose tissue; SAT, subcutaneous adipose tissue; VSR, visceral-to-subcutaneous fat ratio; PM10, particulate matter ≤ 10 μm in diameter; NO2, nitrogen dioxide; SO2, sulfur dioxide; CO, carbon monoxide; SE, standard error
  2. FT4 level was transformed to natural logarithms
  3. The beta coefficient and 95% confidence interval in each air pollutant was scaled to the interquartile range for each pollutant, respectively (9.1 μg/m3 for PM10, 13.8 ppb for NO2, 1.5 ppb for SO2, and 0.2 ppm for CO)
  4. aThe result was adjusted for site of recruitment, age, smoking status (never- or ex- vs. current-smokers), alcohol consumption (never- or ex- vs. current-drinkers), and physical activity (yes vs. no)