Accounting for urinary dilution in peri-implantation samples: implications for creatinine adjustment and specimen pooling
Rosen Vollmar AK, Johnson CH, Weinberg CR, Deziel NC, Baird DD, Wilcox AJ, Jukic AMZ. Accounting for urinary dilution in peri-implantation samples: implications for creatinine adjustment and specimen pooling. Journal Of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 2020, 31: 356-365. PMID: 32424331, PMCID: PMC7671945, DOI: 10.1038/s41370-020-0227-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCreatinine adjustmentCreatinine concentrationUrinary dilutionUrinary estrogen metabolitesEffect of pregnancyUrinary creatinine concentrationCreatinine levelsWeeks' gestationEarly pregnancyCreatinine excretionEstrogen metabolitesCreatinine measuresUrine specimensPooled measureBiomarker measurementsPooled specimensEnvironmental exposuresExposure measuresLinear mixed modelsBiomonitoring resultsPregnancyT-testKappa coefficientMixed modelsPerson sample