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Table 2 Serum concentrations of CB-153 and p,p'-DDE (ng/g lipid) and potential confounders among the women.a

From: Inter-population variations in concentrations, determinants of and correlations between 2,2',4,4',5,5'-hexachlorobiphenyl (CB-153) and 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis (p-chlorophenyl)-ethylene (p,p'-DDE): a cross-sectional study of 3161 men and women from Inuit and European populations

 

Inuit women

(n = 572)

Swedish women

(n = 544)

Warsaw women

(n = 261)

Kharkiv women

(n = 612)

 

Mb

5–95 %

M

5–95 %

M

5–95 %

M

5–95 %

CB-153

110

21–530

84

30–220

11

<LODc-27

27

8.1–69

p,p'-DDE

300

49–1300

140

50–530

380

140–880

650

270–1700

Age (years)

27

19–38

50

37–57

29

25–34

24

18–34

BMI (kg/m2)

23.8

18.9–32.8

24.8

20.3–32.9

21

18.1–27.3

24

17.6–27.7

Smoking

  

n.a.e

     

   Neverd

16

   

81

 

82

 

   Everd

84

   

19

 

18

 

   Cig/day

6

0–15

  

0

0–10

0

0–10

Seafood (meals/week)

1.2

0–5.0

0.4

0–1.3

1.0

0–3.0

0

0–3.0

Gestational length (weeks)

24

9–38

n.a.

 

33

9–38

22

7–41

Primiparad

32

 

n.a.

 

93

 

80

 

Total lactation time (months)

n.a.

 

12

0–40

n.a.

 

n.a.

 
  1. a) Except area of residence
  2. b) Median
  3. c) Below detection level
  4. d) %
  5. e) n.a. = not analyzed because data was not available