Plasma organochlorine concentrations and bone ultrasound measurements: a cross-sectional study in peri-and postmenopausal Inuit women from Greenland

Table 5 Multiple regression models for predicting quantitative ultrasound bone measurements (n = 153)

Variables	BUA (dB/MHz)		SOS (m/sec)		Stiffness index
	β (SE)*	p-value	β (SE)*	p-value	β (SE)*	p-value
R²	0.38	<0.001	0.34	<0.001	0.39	<0.001
PCB 153 (log)*	-4.59 (3.20)	0.153	-14.41 (7.95)	0.072	-7.19 (3.98)	0.072
Age (years)	-0.33 (0.18)	0.071	-1.54 (0.45)	0.001	-0.65 (0.22)	0.004
Weight (kg)	0.31 (0.05)	<0.001	0.40 (0.12)	0.001	0.31 (0.06)	<0.001
Current HRT use	6.26 (2.60)	0.017	16.31 (6.46)	0.013	8.93 (3.23)	0.006
Former contraceptive use	3.38 (1.56)	0.031	9.78 (3.87)	0.012	4.93 (1.94)	0.012

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