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Table 2 Association of per unit increment of log-transformed PFASs levels (ng/mL) with the risk of CHD in the NHS and HPFSa

From: Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, apolipoproteins and the risk of coronary heart disease in US men and women

PFASs

Model 1

Model 2

HR

95% CI

P-value

HR

95% CI

P-value

Total PFOS

1.50

(0.76, 2.95)

0.24

3.66

(1.36, 9.89)

0.01

brPFOS

1.43

(0.80, 2.55)

0.23

3.68

(1.55, 8.76)

0.003

 nPFOS

1.40

(0.72, 2.70)

0.32

3.01

(1.16, 7.86)

0.02

PFOA

0.99

(0.59, 1.68)

0.98

1.63

(0.82, 3.25)

0.17

PFHxS

0.89

(0.63, 1.27)

0.53

1.20

(0.75, 1.94)

0.45

PFNA

1.11

(0.68, 1.82)

0.68

1.05

(0.54, 2.04)

0.89

PFDA

0.98

(0.64, 1.49)

0.92

0.88

(0.49, 1.59)

0.68

  1. Abbreviations: PFOS Perfluorooctane sulfonate, brPFOS branched PFOS, nPFOS linear PFOS, PFOA Perfluorooctanoate, PFHxS Perfluorohexanesulfonate, PFNA Perfluorononanoic acid, PFDA Perfluorodecanoic acid
  2. Model 1 adjusted only for matching factors, which are conditioned by conditional logistic regression, including age, gender, smoking status and date of blood sampling 
  3. Model 2 was based on Model 1 and further adjusted for fasting status (yes or no), BMI (kg/m2), physical activity (MET-hr/wk), alcohol consumption (never, 0–4.9 g/d, 5.0–14.9 g/d, and > 15 g/d), AHEI (continuous), aspirin use (yes or no), regular lipid-lowering medication use (yes or no), family history of MI (yes or no), and history of hypertension (yes or no), diabetes (yes or no) and hypercholesterolemia (yes or no)
  4. aData are selected from HPFS and NHS. HRs are interpreted as hazard ratios per log(ng/mL) increment of PFAS