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We analyzed data from 1880 adults in the eighth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2020\u20132021) who completed an indoor air quality (IAQ) survey and provided urine samples, assessing the influence of sociodemographic, behavioral, and environmental factors. Indoor concentrations of PM2.5, CO2, formaldehyde, total VOCs, benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene, and styrene were measured, alongside the urinary concentrations of nine VOC biomarkers. Associations between pollutants, sociodemographic variables, and biomarkers were evaluated using univariate and multivariable linear regression with Bonferroni correction. Older age, female, lower socioeconomic status (SES), and smoking were associated with higher urinary VOC biomarker concentrations, with smoking showing the strongest associations. Indoor ethylbenzene, styrene, benzene, and CO2 were also associated with multiple metabolites. 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