Table 4.

Results of multiple regression analyses of the relationships between serum concentrations of OCPs and metabolic disorders. Statistically significant values are shown in bold. “Adjusted” indicates adjustment for total PCBs.

		High blood pressure		Diabetes		Obesity		High serum lipids
		II tertile β (p-value)	III tertile β (p-value)	II tertile β (p-value)	III tertile β (p-value)	II tertile β (p-value)	III tertile β (p-value)	II tertile β (p-value)	III tertile β (p-value)
Total pesticides	Unadjusted	0.43 (0.1435)	0.65 (0.0290)	0.71 (0.1343)	1.21 (0.0110)	0.01 (0.9356)	0.18 (0.2554)	0.30 (0.0006)	0.44 (<0.0001)
	Adjusted	0.36 (0.2167)	0.51 (0.0980)	0.57 (0.2105)	0.95 (0.0528)	0.01 (0.9681)	0.22 (0.2165)	0.24 (0.0123)	0.33 (0.0040)
HCB	Unadjusted	0.21 (0.2619)	0.32 (0.1180)	0.06 (0.8572)	0.81 (0.0033)	0.12 (0.3362)	0.27 (0.0532)	0.39 (<0.0001)	0.47 (<0.0001)
	Adjusted	0.12 (0.5260)	0.15 (0.5032)	−0.10 (0.7599)	0.56 (0.0629)	0.13 (0.3016)	0.37 (0.0227)	0.37 (<0.0001)	0.42 (<0.0001)
DDE	Unadjusted	0.44 (0.1285)	0.65 (0.0264)	0.63 (0.1844)	1.26 (0.0069)	0.02 (0.8876)	0.22 (0.1583)	0.29 (0.0011)	0.41 (<0.0001)
	Adjusted	0.38 (0.1878)	0.52 (0.0829)	0.54 (0.2433)	1.08 (0.0277)	0.01 (0.9208)	0.26 (0.1387)	0.23 (0.0174)	0.30 (0.0066)
Mirex	Unadjusted	0.30 (0.0496)	0.19 (0.2370)	0.45 (0.1807)	0.30 (0.1032)	−0.20 (0.0636)	−0.22 (0.0755)	0.12 (0.564)	0.10 (0.1348)
	Adjusted	0.19 (0.2142)	−0.00 (0.9882)	0.20 (0.2962)	−0.12 (0.5559)	−0.25 (0.0317)	−0.29 (0.0403)	0.04 (0.5810)	−0.07 (0.4110)

The models for the high blood pressure and diabetes the models were adjusted for age, gender, BMI, and serum total lipids.

The models for the central obesity were adjusted for age, gender, and serum total lipids.

The models for the high serum lipids were adjusted for age, gender, and BMI.