Association between urinary phthalate metabolites and obesity in adult Korean population: Korean National Environmental Health Survey (KoNEHS), 2012-2014.

Published in: Annals of occupational and environmental medicine (2019)

In the present study, we found differences in the associations between urinary phthalate metabolites and BMI according to sex and age. However, because the present study was cross-sectional in nature, additional support through prospective studies is needed to estimate the causal associations.

Keyphrases

cross sectional
ms ms
type diabetes
body mass index
adipose tissue
young adults
skeletal muscle
case control