Effect of Maternal Triclosan Exposure on Neonatal Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone Levels: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 4

The association of maternal TCS concentration and other studied variables with umbilical cord TSH hormone concentration using GLM model with gamma link.

Variables	Categories	TSH
		β-Coefficient (95% CI)	value
TCS (μg/g Cr)		0.000 (-0.021-0.023)	0.962
Pregnancy BMI (kg/m^2)		0.000 (-0.030-0.031)	0.990
All age groups (years)		0.093 (-0.155-0.344)	0.501
Plastic packaging (water)	Yes	—	—
	No	-0.296 (-0.608-0.005)	0.083
Physical activity	Low	-0.176 (-0.601-0.230)	0.525
	Moderate to severe	—	—
Number of deliveries	First	0.427 (0.019-0.828)	0.014
	Secondary	0.127 (-0.213-0.459)	0.480
	Third or more	—	—
Sex of infant	Male	—	—
	Female	-0.136 (-0.418-0.149)	0.312
Hypothyroidism	Yes	-0.111 (-0.515-0.330)	0.446
	No	—	—
Diabetes	Yes	-0.247 (-0.709-0.262)	0.277
	No	—	—
Cosmetic usage	Yes	0.054 (-0.256-0.36)	0.7
	No	—	—
Personal care product	Yes	0.169 (-0.119-0.452)	0.231
	No	—	—