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Table 4 Adjusted association between urinary porhyrin levels and serum concentrations of organochlorinated compounds (n = 241).

From: Serum organochlorines and urinary porphyrin pattern in a population highly exposed to hexachlorobenzene

Organochlorinated compound

TP

Copro I

Copro III

 

Coefficient (se)†

Single pollutant model

   

   HCB

-0.265 (0.078)*

-0.321 (0.171)

-0.395 (0.187)*

   DDE

-0.024 (0.049)

0.048 (0.115)

-0.051 (0.123)

   PCBs

-0.005 (0.048)

-0.039 (0.111)

-0.019 (0.120)

Multipollutant model††

   

   HCB

-0.281 (0.079)*

-0.315 (0.174)

-0.420 (0.190)*

   DDE

-0.056 (0.053)

0.039 (0.127)

-0.092 (0.137)

   PCBs

0.005 (0.052)

-0.059 (0.121)

-0.011 (0.131)

  1. TP: Total porphyrins. CPI and CPIII: coproporphyrins, I and III, respectively. † The coefficient gives the relative change in prophyrin levels for a 10-fold concentration increase in the organochlorinated compound., adjusted for age, smoking, alcohol, years of residence in Flix, and creatinine in serum. †† Adjusted for age, smoking, alcohol and years of residence in Flix, as well as for the other organochlorinated compounds in the table. * p < 0.05