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Table 4 Association of individual characteristics and locally produced foods consumption with β-HCH concentration (ng/g lipid)

From: Predictors of Beta-Hexachlorocyclohexane blood levels among people living close to a chemical plant and an illegal dumping site

 

GMRa

p-value

95%CI

Gender

 M

1.00

    

 F

1.33

0.000

1.14

–

1.54

Age (years)

1.03

0.000

1.03

–

1.04

BMI (kg/sm)

1.03

0.003

1.01

–

1.04

Breast feeding (in the last 15 years, limited to women aged between 19 and 59 yrs)

 No

1.00

    

 Yes

0.60

0.000

0.46

–

0.78

Eating local/own production eggs

 No

1.00

    

 Yes

1.43

0.001

1.15

–

1.78

Eating local/own production beef

 No

1.00

    

 Yes

1.36

0.011

1.07

–

1.72

Drinking water from private wells

 No

1.00

    

 Yes

1.67

0.003

1.19

–

2.34

  1. aGMR Geometric mean ratio
  2. Standard errors were corrected to account for correlation between subjects nested in families (sandwich estimators)
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