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Table 6 Results of multiple linear regression analysis of associations between natural log transformed serum concentrations of individual PCB congeners and various lipid fractions (n = 575)

From: Analysis of the effects of exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and chlorinated pesticides on serum lipid levels in residents of Anniston, Alabama

   

Total lipids

Total cholesterol

Triglycerides

HDL cholesterol

LDL cholesterol

Mono-ortho PCBs

PCB28

β

0.04

0.03

0.10

0.02

0.01

p-value

<0.0001

0.0125

0.0007

0.2387

0.5784

PCB66

β

0.03

0.02

0.06

0.03

0.00

p-value

0.0037

0.0504

0.0127

0.0195

0.9542

PCB74

β

0.06

0.04

0.10

0.00

0.03

p-value

<0.0001

0.0017

0.0013

0.8356

0.0784

PCB105

β

0.03

0.02

0.05

0.01

0.01

p-value

0.0069

0.1010

0.0418

0.2926

0.6506

PCB118

β

0.02

0.01

0.04

0.01

0.01

p-value

0.0169

0.1880

0.0725

0.5591

0.6363

PCB156

β

0.06

0.04

0.11

−0.00

0.04

p-value

<0.0001

0.0009

0.0003

0.9040

0.0243

PCB157

β

0.04

0.03

0.07

0.01

0.03

p-value

0.0005

0.0116

0.0268

0.4697

0.1247

PCB167

β

0.02

0.01

0.03

0.01

0.01

p-value

0.0916

0.4734

0.3205

0.4060

0.7185

PCB189

β

0.05

0.03

0.10

0.01

0.02

  

p-value

<0.0001

0.0212

0.0012

0.4239

0.2496

Di-ortho PCBs

PCB87

β

0.02

0.02

0.01

0.02

0.02

p-value

0.1609

0.0780

0.8130

0.1054

0.2503

PCB99

β

0.03

0.02

0.05

−0.00

0.01

p-value

0.0031

0.0743

0.0281

0.8366

0.3161

PCB146

β

0.03

0.02

0.06

−0.00

0.01

p-value

0.0019

0.0949

0.0083

0.7605

0.3149

PCB153

β

0.04

0.02

0.07

0.00

0.02

p-value

0.0004

0.0276

0.0079

0.9119

0.1978

PCB138-158

β

0.03

0.02

0.06

−0.00

0.01

p-value

0.0029

0.0921

0.0193

0.7824

0.3898

PCB170

β

0.06

0.04

0.13

−0.00

0.03

p-value

<0.0001

0.0021

<0.0001

0.9292

0.0800

PCB172

β

0.06

0.04

0.12

0.01

0.03

p-value

<0.0001

0.0004

<0.0001

0.6173

0.0402

PCB180

β

0.05

0.03

0.11

−0.00

0.03

p-value

<0.0001

0.0083

0.0005

0.9808

0.1221

PCB194

β

0.06

0.04

0.11

−0.01

0.05

  

p-value

<0.0001

<0.0001

<0.0001

0.6830

0.0019

Tri- and tetra-ortho PCBs

PCB177

β

0.04

0.02

0.08

−0.01

0.02

p-value

0.0003

0.0345

0.0026

0.6422

0.2031

PCB178

β

0.04

0.03

0.08

0.00

0.03

p-value

<0.0001

0.0074

0.0009

0.9988

0.0463

PCB183

β

0.04

0.02

0.07

−0.00

0.03

p-value

0.0004

0.0175

0.0101

0.8584

0.0966

PCB187

β

0.04

0.03

0.08

0.00

0.02

p-value

<0.0001

0.0106

0.0010

0.7736

0.1418

PCB195

β

0.05

0.03

0.12

0.00

0.03

p-value

<0.0001

0.0061

<0.0001

0.9093

0.0955

PCB199

β

0.05

0.03

0.11

0.00

0.03

p-value

<0.0001

0.0010

<0.0001

0.9232

0.0314

PCB196-203

β

0.06

0.04

0.13

−0.00

0.04

p-value

<0.0001

0.0005

<0.0001

0.8600

0.0295

PCB206

β

0.06

0.04

0.13

−0.01

0.05

p-value

<0.0001

0.0002

<0.0001

0.4059

0.0030

PCB209

β

0.05

0.04

0.11

−0.01

0.05

  

p-value

<0.0001

0.0001

<0.0001

0.5693

0.0017

  1. The estimates are adjusted only for age (as well as age quadratic), gender, BMI, alcohol consumption, smoking and exercising status. The estimate for each PCB congener is not adjusted for the remaining PCB congeners nor for pesticides.