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Table 2 Lipid adjusted serum concentrations of the POPs

From: Xenohormone transactivities are inversely associated to serum POPs in Inuit

  

Men

Women

  

Nuuk

Sisimiut

Qaanaaq

All

Nuuk

Sisimiut

Qaanaaq

All

 

n

32

51

36

119

44

42

30

116

ΣPCB (μg/kg lipid)

median

2,680

540

1,830

1,350

300

350

1,190

450

 

mean

3,040

750

2,630

1,940

490

460

1,250

680

 

min

490

130

620

130

97

67

99

67

 

max

11,100

2,370

7,100

11,100

2,430

1,380

3,490

3,490

 

P-value*

<.001

.001

<.001

<.001

    
 

P-value**

<.001 (Sisimiut lower)

<.001 (Qaanaaq higher)

 

n

32

51

36

119

44

42

30

116

Σpesticide (μg/kg lipid)

median

3,500

740

2,590

1,590

480

500

1,670

640

 

mean

4,070

1,010

3,740

2,660

680

700

1,890

1,000

 

min

410

140

620

140

84

76

78

76

 

max

19,100

3,540

14,400

19,100

2,880

3,010

7,530

7,530

 

P-value*

<.001

.01

.002

<.001

    
 

P-value**

<.001 (Sisimiut lower)

<.001 (Qaanaaq higher)

 

n

32

51

36

119

44

42

30

116

ΣPOP (μg/kg lipid)

median

6,420

1,360

4,390

3,020

760

830

2,850

1,110

 

mean

7,250

1,770

6,380

4,640

1,190

1,170

3,140

1,690

 

min

910

290

1,240

290

180

150

190

150

 

max

30,800

5,910

19,900

30,800

5,370

4,350

10,800

10,800

 

P-value*

<.001

.003

<.001

<.001

    
 

P-value**

<.001 (Sisimiut lower)

<.001 (Qaanaaq higher)

  1. ΣPCB: sum of 14 PCB congeners. Σpesticide: sum of the 10 pesticide residues. ΣPOP: sum of all 24 POPs.
  2. *: p value for men compared to women within the same district (e.g. Nuuk men and Nuuk women) using Student's t-test.
  3. **: p value for comparison between the districts for the separate genders (e.g. Nuuk vs Sisimiut vs Qaanaaq and vice versa) using ANOVA, result in the brackets (post hoc LSD/Dunnett T3 test).
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