Impact of pregnancy and other factors including smoking on the urinary levels of triclosan

Abstract

Data from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were used to evaluate the impact of pregnancy on the levels of triclosan (TCS) in urine. Regression models were fitted to evaluate this association with adjustment for other factors that may affect the levels of TCS. Pregnant females had higher levels of TCS than non-pregnant females but the differences were not statistically significant. Levels of TCS were statistically significantly lower during the second trimester than during the third trimester. Smoking was associated with statistically significantly lower levels of TCS. The reasons for the association between smoking and the levels of TCS are not known. Further research is needed in this area.

Keywords:

• regression models
• smoking
• NHANES
• pregnancy

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The author declares that he has no financial and other conflicts that could have affected the conclusions arrived at in this paper.

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Funding

No funds were provided to the author to conduct this research. All data used in this research are available free of charge from www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes.htm