Table 3.

Exposure pattern of cryptorchid versus healthy boys described by three statistical approaches.

		No. of compounds for which the median pesticide concentration (ng/g lipid) is:
Type of samples included in the analysis	No. of pesticides included	Cases > controls	Cases = controls	Cases < controls
Ia	23	14	5	4
IIb	23	15	5	3
IIIc	21d	17	2	2

^aAll samples are included, samples below the LOD as the LOD values and samples below the LOQ with the measured value.

^bSamples below the LOD included as the LOD values, samples < LOQ excluded.

^cOnly measurements above the LOD and above the LOQ are included.

^dHeptachlor and δ-HCH not included.