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Table 2 Lipid-corrected serum concentrations and limit of detection (LOD) of organochlorine pesticides (ng/g lipid) in study population (sample collection 2000–2013)a and NHANES (2003–2004)b

From: Organochlorine pesticides and risk of papillary thyroid cancer in U.S. military personnel: a nested case-control study

OCP

Overall

Cases (N = 742), age 17–52 years

Controls (N = 742), age 17–52 years

NHANES 2003–2004 (N = 1016), age 17–52 yearsd

% >LOD

LOD

% >LOD

Median

IQR

Max

% >LOD

Median

IQR

Max

% >LOD

Median

IQR

Max

LOD

β-HCCH

20.5%

4.9

22.3%

<LOD

<LOD - <LOD

371.4

18.8%

<LOD

<LOD - <LOD

153.8

60.7%

4.3

2.47–8.10

456

2.3

γ-HCCHc

0.6%

5.0

0.6%

<LOD

<LOD - <LOD

5277

0.6%

<LOD

<LOD - <LOD

494.4

0.9%

<LOD

<LOD - <LOD

73.6

2.1

HCB

48.5%

4.9

50.0%

1.61

<LOD − 7.52

150.7

47.1%

<LOD

<LOD-7.20

40.81

100%

14.0

10.80–17.40

174

2.2

Mirex

14.9%

4.9

14.6%

<LOD

<LOD - <LOD

125.4

15.1%

<LOD

<LOD - <LOD

348.2

26.3%

<LOD

<LOD - <LOD

166

2.2

o,p’-DDTc

1.4%

4.9

1.6%

<LOD

<LOD - <LOD

26.7

1.2%

<LOD

<LOD - <LOD

82.9

5.2%

<LOD

<LOD - <LOD

88.8

2.1

p,p’-DDT

40.1%

4.9

41.2%

<LOD

<LOD-7.1

126.8

38.9%

<LOD

<LOD-6.50

87.1

69.9%

3.96

2.69–5.90

676

2.3

p,p’-DDE

99.9%

4.9

100%

133.3

82.1-230.7

1882

99.9%

129.7

78.6-233.5

2049

99.7%

165

97.30–318.00

15,100

2.9

Oxychlordane

51.2%

4.9

54.1%

5.3

<LOD-10.3

104.8

48.4%

<LOD

<LOD-9.90

40.9

73.2%

7.7

4.10–12.60

61.4

2.5

trans-nonachlor

66.9%

4.9

68.7%

8.7

<LOD-16.4

304.3

65.1%

7.4

<LOD-14.50

89.2

89.4%

11.5

6.60–19.80

121

2.5

  1. Abbreviations: DDE Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene, DDT Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, IQR Interquartile range, LOD Limit of detection, NHANES National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
  2. aStudy population median (IQR) age at sampling: 35 (29–41) years
  3. bNHANES median (IQR) age at sampling (age restricted to 17–52 years): 31 (21–41) years
  4. c Excluded from any regression analyses
  5. dNHANES data adjusted for sampling weights