Association between exposure to brominated flame retardants (BFRs) and blood lipid profiles in American adults: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Associations of individual BFRs with blood lipid levels in the general population

	TC	HDL-C	LDL-C	RC
BFRs	β (95% CI)P-value	β (95% CI)P-value	β (95% CI)P-value	β (95% CI)P-value
PBB153	0.034 (0.026, 0.041) <0.001	0.004 (-0.006, 0.013) 0.431	0.039 (0.027, 0.051) <0.001	0.064 (0.045, 0.084) <0.001
PBDE28	0.015 (0.001, 0.028) 0.031	0.007 (-0.009, 0.023) 0.380	0.010 (-0.010, 0.030) 0.323	0.036 (0.003, 0.069) 0.033
PBDE47	0.005 (-0.007, 0.016) 0.408	0.007 (-0.007, 0.021) 0.318	0.001 (-0.016, 0.018) 0.911	0.017 (-0.011, 0.045) 0.241
PBDE85	0.008 (-0.002, 0.018) 0.112	0.005 (-0.007, 0.017) 0.444	0.010 (-0.006, 0.025) 0.220	0.015 (-0.010, 0.040) 0.251
PBDE99	0.004 (-0.005, 0.014) 0.384	0.004 (-0.008, 0.015) 0.528	0.003 (-0.011, 0.018) 0.657	0.017 (-0.007, 0.041) 0.160
PBDE100	0.008 (-0.003, 0.019) 0.144	0.005 (-0.008, 0.018) 0.448	0.005 (-0.011, 0.022) 0.525	0.021 (-0.007, 0.048) 0.136
PBDE153	0.024 (0.013, 0.034) <0.001	-0.003 (-0.016, 0.010) 0.660	0.030 (0.014, 0.046) <0.001	0.042 (0.016, 0.068) 0.002
PBDE154	0.006 (-0.004, 0.017) 0.238	-0.001 (-0.014, 0.011) 0.832	0.007 (-0.009, 0.023) 0.406	0.020 (-0.006, 0.047) 0.128
PBDE209	0.021 (0.007, 0.036) 0.004	-0.007 (-0.024, 0.011) 0.446	0.029 (0.007, 0.051) 0.009	0.046 (0.010, 0.081) 0.013

Multivariable regression models assessing the associations between serum concentrations of individual BFRs and blood lipids in the general population. The following covariates were adjusted: gender, age, race, education level, PIR, BMI, smoking status, diabetes, and research cycle

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