Variation in Urinary Flow Rates According to Demographic Characteristics and Body Mass Index in NHANES: Potential Confounding of Associations between Health Outcomes and Urinary Biomarker Concentrations | Zendy

Sean M. Hays | Zendy; Lesa L. Aylward | Zendy; Benjamin C. Blount | Zendy

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Variation in Urinary Flow Rates According to Demographic Characteristics and Body Mass Index in NHANES: Potential Confounding of Associations between Health Outcomes and Urinary Biomarker Concentrations

Author(s) -

Sean M. Hays,

Lesa L. Aylward,

Benjamin C. Blount

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

environmental health perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257

H-Index - 282

eISSN - 1552-9924

pISSN - 0091-6765

DOI - 10.1289/ehp.1408944

Subject(s) - national health and nutrition examination survey , body mass index , confounding , medicine , demography , urinary system , environmental health , population , sociology

Urinary analyte concentrations are affected both by exposure level and by urinary flow rate (UFR). Systematic variations in UFR with demographic characteristics or body mass index (BMI) could confound assessment of associations between health outcomes and biomarker concentrations.

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