Table 3 Effect estimates for individual PBDEs in males, and joint effect of PBDEs and female sex controlling for age, smoking, and serum lipids, from multiple linear regression estimated with GEE.

From: Associations between serum polybrominated diphenyl ethers and thyroid hormones in a cross sectional study of a remote Alaska Native population

PBDE effect among males					PBDE*female joint effect
	β 95% CI			p-value		β 95% CI			p-value
TSH
BDE-28/33	0.53	0.20	0.87	<0.0001	BDE−28/33	−0.26	−0.84	0.33	0.39
BDE-47	4.98	1.95	8.01	<0.0001	BDE-47	0.59	−5.57	6.72	0.85
BDE-99	0.75	0.20	1.30	0.01	BDE-99	−0.92	−1.59	−0.25	0.01
BDE-100	1.43	0.59	2.28	<0.0001	BDE-100	−0.93	−2.28	0.42	0.18
BDE-153	−2.49	−22.27	17.31	0.81	BDE-153	11.37	−10.62	33.33	0.31
BDE-209	0.09	−0.17	0.36	0.48	BDE-209	−0.11	−0.48	0.25	0.54
Total T4
BDE-28/33	−0.72	−1.95	0.51	0.25	BDE-28/33	0.55	−1.18	2.28	0.54
BDE-47	−6.93	−15.04	1.18	0.09	BDE-47	18.88	8.47	29.33	< 0.0001
BDE-99	−0.01	−1.69	1.67	0.99	BDE-99	0.76	−1.14	2.65	0.44
BDE-100	−2.54	−5.36	0.27	0.08	BDE-100	2.75	−0.66	6.17	0.11
BDE-153	2.61	−4.57	9.79	0.48	BDE-153	−3.88	−12.41	4.63	0.37
BDE-209	0.56	−0.74	1.86	0.40	BDE-209	−0.19	−1.35	0.98	0.75
Free T4
BDE-28/33	−0.07	−0.17	0.03	0.17	BDE-28/33	0.12	0.00	0.24	0.06
BDE-47	−0.95	−1.62	−0.28	< 0.0001	BDE-47	1.46	0.51	2.39	< 0.0001
BDE-99	−0.04	−0.17	0.09	0.52	BDE-99	0.08	−0.07	0.23	0.31
BDE-100	−0.24	−0.46	−0.01	0.04	BDE-100	0.30	0.05	0.56	0.02
BDE-153	−1.10	−2.84	0.64	0.22	BDE-153	1.70	−0.41	3.82	0.11
BDE-209	0.06	−0.02	0.14	0.16	BDE-209	−0.02	−0.11	0.07	0.60
Total T3
BDE−28/33	4.58	−5.11	14.27	0.35	BDE-28/33	−4.19	−21.49	13.10	0.63
BDE-47	40.54	−33.10	114.18	0.28	BDE-47	64.66	−71.59	201.16	0.35
BDE-99	4.29	−11.05	19.64	0.58	BDE-99	3.83	−18.53	26.18	0.74
BDE-100	14.30	−8.46	37.01	0.22	BDE-100	−20.34	−60.14	19.40	0.32
BDE-153	−42.07	−224.07	140.12	0.65	BDE−153	−96.69	−330.22	136.84	0.42
BDE-209	1.15	−5.98	8.29	0.75	BDE−209	−3.76	−12.33	4.81	0.39
Free T3
BDE-28/33	0.14	−0.06	0.33	0.17	BDE-28/33	0.10	−0.16	0.36	0.44
BDE-47	1.64	0.21	3.08	0.02	BDE-47	0.90	−1.10	2.90	0.38
BDE-99	0.11	−0.09	0.32	0.28	BDE-99	0.06	−0.24	0.36	0.69
BDE-100	0.48	0.07	0.90	0.02	BDE-100	−0.18	−0.75	0.39	0.53
BDE−153	−1.76	−4.88	1.35	0.27	BDE-153	0.00	−3.59	3.59	0.99
BDE-209	0.13	−0.02	0.28	0.10	BDE-209	−0.14	−0.32	0.05	0.15

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Table 3 Effect estimates for individual PBDEs in males, and joint effect of PBDEs and female sex controlling for age, smoking, and serum lipids, from multiple linear regression estimated with GEE.

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