Table 2 Levels of organochloride residues (ng/g lipid) detected in serum samples in healthy women and in women diagnosed from breast cancer

24.7 ± 43.0

0.0

(0.0-111.4)

28 (27.2%)

53.2 ± 88.8

0.0

(0.0-220.0)

33 (27.3%)

n.s.^a

n.s.^b

27.1 ± 37.9

0.0

(0.0-100.1)

39 (37.9%)

72.5 ± 107.2

75.8

(0.0-116.4)

90 (74.4%)

<0.001^a

<0.001^b

9.5 ± 16.4

0.0

(0.0-46.2)

33 (32.0%)

12.6 ± 29.5

0.0

(0.0-72.0)

27 (22.3%)

n.s.^a

n.s.^b

231.4 ± 444.4

29.1

(0.0-1279.0)

60 (58.3%)

-

-

0 (0%)

n.a.^a

n.a.^b

268.1 ± 443.3

91.4

(0.0-1297.8)

81 (78.6%)

85.2 ± 117.7

79.9

(0.0-156.1)

95 (78.5%)

n.s^a

0.027^b

198.0 ± 207.5

167.7

(45.0-706.0)

92(89.3%)

357.4 ± 326.0

300.1

(106.1-653.3)

118 (97.5%)

0.012^a

<0.001^b

21.8 ± 131.2

0.0

(0.0-129.2)

6 (5.8%)

440.3 ± 412.7

551.1

(0.0-1108.2)

87 (71.9%)

<0.001^a

<0.001^b

319.5 ± 417.4

217.0

(0.0-1428.6)

77 (74.8%)

149.3 ± 111.7

153.0

(0.0-327.9)

88 (72.7%)

n.s.^a

<0.001^b

880.8 ± 971.9

665.0

(69.1-3622.0)

103 (100%)

1049.6 ± 679.5

979.3

(159.2-2228.7)

121 (100%)

n.s.^a

0.001^b

1173.6 ±1339.9

706.0

(242.7-5263.6)

103 (100%)

1188.1 ± 657.2

1112.8

(184.2-2375.9)

121 (100%)

n.s.^a

0.001^b