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Table 2 Results of multiple linear regression analyses to test the direct path of PCB body burden and depressive symptoms (controlled for age and albumin)

From: Polychlorinated biphenyls and depression: cross-sectional and longitudinal investigation of a dopamine-related Neurochemical path in the German HELPcB surveillance program

IV

B

S.E.

β

t

p

R2

LPCBs_t1

0.81

.32

.28

2.56

.01

.07

HPCBs_t1

1.00

.55

.19

1.81

.07

.04

dlPCBs_t1

0.99

.44

.24

2.24

.03

.06

LPCBs_t2

0.76

.34

.23

2.21

.03

.16

HPCBs_t2

1.37

.56

.24

2.47

.02

.14

dlPCBs_t2

1.28

.44

.28

2.88

.005

.19

  1. Notes: PCBs polychlorinated biphenyls, LPCBs lower-chlorinated PCBs, HPCBs higher-chlorinated PCBs, dlPCBs dioxin-like PCBs, t1 measurement occasion 1, t2 measurement occasion 2, IV independent variable, B unstandardized regression coefficient, S.E. standard error, β standardized regression coefficient, t t-value, p p-value (significance), R 2 explained variance
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