Table 4.

Results for linear regressions, adjusted for age and smoking, of POP concentrations (log-transformed) on %5-mC.^a

	Alu		LINE-1
Chemical	β-Estimate	p-Value	β-Estimate	p-Value
DDT	−0.26	0.01*	0.06	0.87
DDE	−0.38	0.01*	−0.02	0.97
β-HCH	−0.48	< 0.01*	−0.90	0.09
Hexachlorobenzene	0.06	0.72	−0.72	0.19
Chlordane	−0.21	0.11	−0.46	0.27
cis-Chlordane	0.02	0.91	−0.01	0.99
Oxychlordane	−0.32	< 0.01*	−0.66	0.09
α-Chlordane	−0.75	0.05*	−0.62	0.60
Mirex	−0.27	0.01*	−0.23	0.51
Toxaphene	0.09	0.51	−0.16	0.72
PCB-28	−0.42	< 0.01*	−0.55	0.23
PCB-52	−0.12	0.36	−0.05	0.91
PCB-99	−0.51	< 0.01*	−0.55	0.22
PCB-101	−0.25	0.05*	0.33	0.44
PCB-105	−0.51	< 0.01*	−0.71	0.08
PCB-118	−0.49	< 0.01*	−0.73	0.12
PCB-128	−0.52	< 0.01*	−0.01	0.99
PCB-138	−0.54	< 0.01*	−0.52	0.24
PCB-153	−0.52	< 0.01*	−0.47	0.22
PCB-156	−0.66	< 0.01*	−0.48	0.26
PCB-170	−0.54	< 0.01*	−0.48	0.15
PCB-180	−0.54	< 0.01*	−0.43	0.24
PCB-183	−0.57	< 0.01*	−0.20	0.67
PCB-187	−0.49	< 0.01*	−0.15	0.77
∑PCBs	−0.56	< 0.01*	−0.49	0.23
∑POPs	−0.48	< 0.01*	−0.46	0.32

^aAge variable was continuous; smoking variable was continuous, reflecting number of cigarettes per day (or zero if a non-smoker).

^*Estimate is statistically significant at α≤0.05.