Table 6 Odds ratios* (95% CI) for male child by paternal serum PCB quintile given different decay constants used to revise PCB concentrations.

Model applied to all fathers (n = 108 fathers, 208 children)

Quintile 1

1.00

1.00

1.00

Quintile 2

0.89 (0.37–2.12)

1.49 (0.64–3.46)

2.56 (1.06–6.20)

Quintile 3

1.30 (0.61–2.78)

1.55 (0.74–3.24)

1.01 (0.40–2.56)

Quintile 4

1.30 (0.55–3.08)

1.32 (0.55–3.19)

1.02 (0.40–2.68)

Quintile 5

0.85 (0.32–2.26)

1.23 (0.48–3.11)

1.86 (0.59–5.85)

Excluding fathers whose GLSCF consumption changed a lot (n = 84 fathers, 160 children)

Quintile 1

1.00

1.00

1.00

Quintile 2

0.81 (0.30–2.18)

1.31 (0.51–3.37)

2.07 (0.83–5.12)

Quintile 3

1.21 (0.57–2.58)

1.47 (0.70–3.09)

1.16 (0.44–3.10)

Quintile 4

1.06 (0.40–2.83)

1.14 (0.41–3.21)

1.04 (0.36–3.06)

Quintile 5

0.64 (0.20–2.08)

0.98 (0.34–2.81)

1.67 (0.44–6.28)

Model applied to GLSCF consumers only^†, excluding fathers whose GLSCF consumption changed a lot (n = 84 fathers, 160 children)

Quintile 1

1.00

1.00

1.00

Quintile 2

1.59 (0.83–3.05)

1.50 (0.77–2.91)

1.54 (0.78–3.05)

Quintile 3

0.81 (0.41–1.61)

0.92 (0.46–1.87)

1.09 (0.49–2.43)

Quintile 4

1.14 (0.46–2.83)

0.80 (0.32–1.99)

0.92 (0.38–2.22)

Quintile 5

0.78 (0.28–2.18)

0.95 (0.35–2.53)

0.94 (0.31–2.78)