Possible Effects of Perchlorate Contamination of Drinking Water on Thyroid Health

Table 5

Regression analyses of association between perchlorate and TSH.

Independent variable	Coefficient	SE	value
Intercept	2.133	0.239	<0.001
Age	0.143	0.003	0.002
Gender	−0.004	0.104	0.939
BMI	−0.095	0.024	0.498
Perchlorate contamination	−0.022	0.102	0.629