Table 5 Associations between log-transformed Parabens and indicators of liver function by WQS regression model (adjusted for age, gender, race and BMI) in NHANES 2007–2016.

From: Association of urine parabens with liver function in US adolescents based on NHANES 2007–2016

Direction

Outcome

Group

N

β (95%CI)

P-value

Positive

ln-ALT

Total

1845

− 0.0135 (− 0.0801, 0.0530)

0.6904

ln-AST

Total

1845

0.0195 (− 0.0273, 0.0664)

0.4138

AST/ALT

Total

1845

0.0012 (− 0.0076, 0.0099)

0.7904

ln-TP

Total

1845

0.0036 (− 0.0071, 0.0142)

0.5139

ln-ALB

Total

1845

− 0.0132 (− 0.0232, − 0.0032)

0.0102

ln-GLB

Total

1845

0.0272 (0.0048, 0.0495)

0.0171

ln-ALP

Total

1845

− 0.0840 (− 0.1383, − 0.0297)

0.0025

ln-GGT

Total

1845

− 0.0111 (− 0.0743, 0.0520)

0.7296

ln-LDH

Total

1845

0.0226 (− 0.0061, 0.0513)

0.1236

ln-TBIL

Total

1845

0.0907 (0.0180, 0.1634)

0.0146

Negative

ln-ALT

Total

1845

0.0055 (− 0.0149, 0.0259)

0.5962

ln-AST

Total

1845

0.0087 (− 0.0065, 0.0239)

0.2630

AST/ALT

Total

1845

0.0117 (− 0.0085, 0.0320)

0.2563

ln-TP

Total

1845

0.0005 (− 0.0032, 0.0043)

0.7856

ln-ALB

Total

1845

− 0.0085 (− 0.0142, − 0.0029)

0.0029

ln-GLB

Total

1845

0.0110 (0.0023, 0.0196)

0.0131

ln-ALP

Total

1845

− 0.0309 (− 0.0571, − 0.0047)

0.0210

ln-GGT

Total

1845

− 0.0157 (− 0.0456, 0.0143)

0.3057

ln-LDH

Total

1845

0.0132 (0.0023, 0.0241)

0.0175

ln-TBIL

Total

1845

0.0420 (0.0054, 0.0786)

0.0249

  1. Significant values are in bold.