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. 2008 Jul 15;7:38. doi: 10.1186/1476-069X-7-38

Table 4.

Pearson 2-tailed correlation between xenohormone transactivities and lifestyle characteristics

Xenoestrogenic transactivities
Male serum Nuuk Sisimiut Qaanaaq All




n β p n β p n β p n β p

XER age 32 .19 .30 51 -.45 .001 36 .18 .28 119 .14 .14
n-3/n-6 32 .29 .11 37 -.25 .14 36 .08 .65 105 .20 .04
BMI 30 .04 .85 51 -.19 .18 36 -.09 .61 117 -.07 .47
smokeyrs 29 .28 .15 51 -.26 .07 35 .37 .03 115 .25 .01
seabird 29 -.25 .20 47 .17 .26 33 -.15 .41 109 .06 .54
dairy food 31 .06 .74 50 -.08 .59 36 .03 .88 117 -.07 .44
XERcomp age 32 -.11 .56 51 -.05 .71 38 .12 .46 121 .36 <.001
n-3/n-6 32 -.43 .01 37 -.24 .15 38 -.18 .29 107 .09 .37
BMI 30 -.29 .12 51 -.08 .58 38 -.17 .31 119 -.09 .31
smokeyrs 29 .08 .70 51 .20 .16 37 .24 .16 117 .39 <.001
seabird 29 -.25 .19 47 -.04 .79 35 -.01 .94 111 .12 .21
dairy food 31 -.09 .64 50 .02 .90 38 -.002 .99 119 -.14 .13

Female serum Nuuk Sisimiut Qaanaaq All




n β p n β p n β p n β p

XER age 45 -.36 .02 42 -.11 .51 32 .23 .21 119 -.01 .93
n-3/n-6 45 .09 .55 38 -.17 .32 32 .01 .96 115 -.05 .57
BMI 43 -.17 .27 42 .11 .50 32 -.21 .24 117 -.04 .70
smokeyrs 42 -.35 .02 42 .05 .77 30 .28 .14 114 .04 .69
seabird 38 -.04 .81 39 .04 .81 31 .04 .83 108 .05 .63
dairy food 45 .03 .84 41 -.05 .77 31 -.24 .19 117 -.06 .51
XERcomp age 45 .98 .58 42 -.07 .68 32 -.06 .74 119 .07 .46
n-3/n-6 45 -.11 .47 38 -.09 .59 32 -.32 .08 115 -.27 <.01
BMI 43 .04 .80 42 -.05 .77 32 -.18 .32 117 -.05 .61
smokeyrs 42 .11 .49 42 .10 .53 30 -.06 .74 114 .08 .40
seabird 38 .34 .04 39 .01 .96 31 -.08 .68 108 -.04 .67
dairy food 45 -.10 .52 41 .02 .93 31 -.08 .65 117 .05 .59

Xenoandrogenic transactivities

Male serum Nuuk Sisimiut Qaanaaq All




n β p n β p n β p n β p

XAR age 34 -.11 .53 33 .05 .79 38 -.03 .87 105 .02 .82
n-3/n-6 34 .01 .96 27 -.12 .57 38 .04 .81 99 .001 .99
BMI 32 -.03 .89 33 -.21 .25 38 -.09 .59 103 -.10 .30
smokeyrs 31 -.24 .19 33 .12 .49 36 .09 .59 100 -.01 .96
seabird 31 .19 .32 32 -.35 .05 36 .13 .45 99 .02 .84
dairy food 33 .20 .25 32 -.21 .26 38 .14 .39 103 .09 .37
XARcomp age 34 -.21 .24 33 .12 .53 38 .09 .61 105 .33 .001
n-3/n-6 34 .03 .87 27 -.15 .44 38 .003 .99 99 .03 .78
BMI 32 .07 .70 33 -.17 .33 38 .11 .51 103 .01 .92
smokeyrs 31 -.32 .08 33 -.04 .81 36 .09 .59 100 .16 .12
seabird 31 .002 .99 32 -.12 .53 36 .08 .66 99 .13 .19
dairy food 33 .20 .27 32 -.17 .36 38 .21 .22 103 .17 .09

Female serum Nuuk Sisimiut Qaanaaq All




n β p n β p n β p n β p

XAR age 41 -.11 .49 28 .04 .83 33 -.10 .59 102 -.02 .83
n-3/n-6 41 .34 .03 26 .08 .69 33 -.19 .28 100 .03 .80
BMI 39 -.19 .26 28 -.23 .24 33 -.04 .81 100 -.16 .12
smokeyrs 38 -.25 .13 28 .22 .26 31 -.03 .86 97 -.03 .76
seabird 36 -.13 .45 27 -.30 .13 32 -.13 .48 95 -.14 .19
dairy food 41 .08 .60 27 .44 .02 31 -.30 .10 99 .05 .63
XARcomp age 41 -.07 .69 28 -.09 .65 33 -.03 .85 102 .03 .80
n-3/n-6 41 .19 .22 26 .04 .84 33 .08 .66 100 .002 .98
BMI 39 .26 .11 28 .20 .31 33 -.04 .84 100 .10 .31
smokeyrs 38 .01 .97 28 -.09 .65 31 .08 .69 97 .05 .63
seabird 36 -.11 .52 27 -.07 .72 32 -.15 .43 95 -.14 .18
dairy food 41 -.04 .81 27 -.04 .86 31 .21 .27 99 .14 .18