Skip to main content

Table 2 Prevalence of diabetes in relation to tertiles of CB-153 and p,p'-DDE in serum.

From: A cross-sectional study of the association between persistent organochlorine pollutants and diabetes

Gender

Diabetes

p for trend a

   Exposure (ng/g lipid)

Yes/No

 

Male

  

   CB-153

  

-290

0/64

 

>290–475

4/61

0.005

>475

8/58

 

   p,p'-DDE

  

-410

1/63

 

>410–850

4/61

0.04

>850

7/60

 

Female

  

   CB-153

  

-180

3/57

 

>180–290

4/57

0.94

>290

3/60

 

   p,p'-DDE

  

-375

1/59

 

>375–860

3/59

0.07

>860

6/56

 
  1. a Jonckheere-Terpstra's test
Back to article page

Environmental Health

ISSN: 1476-069X