Table 4.
Intraclass correlation coefficients (95% confidence intervals) for organochlorine concentrations (ng/g) in serum
| Wet-weight concentrations | Lipid-standardized | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All samples; n = 266 | Excluding baseline; n = 178 | All samples; n = 173 | Excluding baseline; n = 105 | |
| HCB | 0.95 (0.93, 0.96) | 0.97 (0.95, 0.98) | 0.95 (0.92, 0.97) | 0.97 (0.95, 0.98) |
| Oxychlordane | 0.85 (0.80, 0.90) | 0.91 (0.86, 0.94) | 0.90 (0.85, 0.93) | 0.93 (0.88, 0.96) |
| Transnonachlor | 0.88 (0.83, 0.91) | 0.94 (0.92, 0.96) | 0.95 (0.92, 0.97) | 0.94 (0.90, 0.97) |
| Mirex | 0.88 (0.83, 0.91) | 0.95 (0.93, 0.97) | 0.90 (0.85, 0.93) | 0.95 (0.92, 0.97) |
| p,p'-DDE | 0.98 (0.97, 0.99) | 0.98 (0.97, 0.99) | 0.98 (0.97, 0.99) | 0.98 (0.97, 0.99) |
| p,p'-DDT | 0.93 (0.91, 0.95) | 0.96 (0.95, 0.98) | 0.95 (0.92, 0.97) | 0.96 (0.92, 0.98) |
| PCB 118 | 0.92 (0.89, 0.94) | 0.97 (0.96, 0.98) | 0.97 (0.95, 0.98) | 0.97 (0.95, 0.99) |
| PCB 138 | 0.91 (0.87, 0.93) | 0.96 (0.94, 0.97) | 0.96 (0.94, 0.98) | 0.97 (0.95, 0.98) |
| PCB 153 | 0.91 (0.88, 0.94) | 0.96 (0.93, 0.97) | 0.97 (0.95, 0.98) | 0.97 (0.94, 0.98) |
| PCB 180 | 0.91 (0.87, 0.93) | 0.95 (0.93, 0.97) | 0.96 (0.94, 0.97) | 0.97 (0.95, 0.98) |
| Sum PCB | 0.83 (0.77, 0.88) | 0.92 (0.89, 0.95) | 0.88 (0.83, 0.92) | 0.93 (0.88, 0.96) |
| Cholesterolb | 0.58 (0.43, 0.71) | 0.67 (0.49, 0.82) | ||
| Triglyceridesb | 0.85 (0.78, 0.90) | 0.86 (0.77, 0.92) | ||
| Total lipidsb | 0.78 (0.69, 0.86) | 0.83 (0.71, 0.90) | ||
n = 265 serum samples from 110 women.
avalues transformed by the natural logarithm.
bcholesterol, triglycerides, and total lipids only available for 173 samples.