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

Table 4 Gender-stratified associations between mixed serum BFRs and blood lipids using WQS and QGC models

Model	Outcomes	Gender	β (95% CI)	P-value
WQS	TC	Male	0.030 (0.009, 0.051)	0.006
	TC	Female	0.046 (0.027, 0.066)	< 0.001
	LDL-C	Male	0.026 (−0.005, 0.058)	0.101
	LDL-C	Female	0.033 (0.001, 0.064)	0.041
	RC	Male	0.056 (0.005, 0.107)	0.032
	RC	Female	0.041 (−0.006, 0.088)	0.087
	HDL-C	Male	0.018 (−0.004, 0.041)	0.113
	HDL-C	Female	0.027 (0.006, 0.049)	0.013
QGC	TC	Male	0.040 (0.022, 0.057)	< 0.001
	TC	Female	0.041 (0.023, 0.058)	< 0.001
	LDL-C	Male	0.043 (0.017, 0.069)	0.001
	LDL-C	Female	0.043 (0.017, 0.070)	0.001
	RC	Male	0.079 (0.036, 0.121)	< 0.001
	RC	Female	0.062 (0.019, 0.105)	0.005
	HDL-C	Male	0.005 (−0.019, 0.029)	0.680
	HDL-C	Female	0.022 (0.001, 0.043)	0.037

The following covariates were adjusted: gender, age, race, education level, PIR, BMI, smoking status, diabetes, and research cycle. QGC Quantile g-computation, WQS Weighted quantile sum

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