Exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides and risk of dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and cognitive decline in an older population: a prospective analysis from the Canadian Study of Health and Aging

Table 4 Estimated coefficients of plasma log-transformed PCB and OC pesticide concentrations (μg/L) in relation to 3MS scores

Note: 3MS Modified Mini-Mental State Examination, β beta, BMI body mass index, β-HCH beta hexachlorocyclohexane, HCB hexaclorobenzene, OC organochlorine, PCBs polychlorinated biphenyls, p,p’-DDT, 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane; p,p’-DDE, 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethylene, SE standard error
Repeated measures regression models with unstructured correlation matrix
Model 1 was adjusted for total lipids and CSHA phase, age, sex, education, and ApoE4
Model 2 was additionally adjusted for BMI, smoking, alcohol drinking, residence area, vascular score, copper, lead, mercury and zinc

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