Table 2.
Category (measurement type) | M | Meff | Mdiff | p Value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Polychlorinated biphenyls (s) | 38 | 23.79 | 14.21 | 0.002 |
Dioxins (s) | 7 | 4.90 | 2.10 | 0.01 |
Acrylamide (s) | 2 | 1.44 | 0.56 | 0.03 |
Organochlorine pesticides (s) | 13 | 9.95 | 3.05 | 0.005 |
Polybrominated ethers (s) | 11 | 8.47 | 2.53 | 0.006 |
Furans (s) | 10 | 7.99 | 2.01 | 0.006 |
Perchlorate (u) | 2 | 1.66 | 0.34 | 0.03 |
Smoking behaviour (s/sr) | 14 | 11.65 | 2.35 | 0.004 |
Phthalates (u) | 13 | 10.85 | 2.15 | 0.005 |
Food component recall (sr) | 74 | 63.92 | 10.08 | 0.0008 |
Phytoestrogens (u) | 6 | 5.22 | 0.78 | 0.01 |
Hydrocarbons (u) | 21 | 18.47 | 2.53 | 0.003 |
Nutrients (s) | 29 | 26.32 | 2.68 | 0.002 |
Volatile compounds (s) | 38 | 34.60 | 3.40 | 0.001 |
Physical fitness (sr*) | 3 | 2.78 | 0.22 | 0.02 |
Diakyl metabolites (u) | 6 | 5.59 | 0.41 | 0.009 |
Socioeconomics (SES) (sr) | 9 | 8.49 | 0.51 | 0.006 |
Demographics (sr) | 8 | 7.55 | 0.45 | 0.007 |
Polyflourochemicals (s) | 12 | 11.39 | 0.61 | 0.004 |
Phenol pesticides (u) | 7 | 6.65 | 0.35 | 0.008 |
Heavy metals (s/u) | 29 | 27.68 | 1.32 | 0.002 |
Bacterial infection (s/u) | 33 | 32.19 | 0.81 | 0.002 |
Viral infection (s) | 16 | 15.72 | 0.28 | 0.003 |
Phenols (u) | 3 | 2.97 | 0.03 | 0.02 |
Atrazine-like pesticides (u) | 6 | 5.98 | 0.02 | 0.008 |
Hormone (s) | 2 | 1.99 | 0.01 | 0.03 |
Pharmaceutical (sr) | 107 | 106.78 | 0.22 | 0.0005 |
Organophosphate pesticides (u) | 4 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
Carbamate pesticides (u) | 4 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
Melamine (u) | 1 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.05 |
Chloroacetanilide pesticides (u) | 1 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.05 |
Pyrethyroid pesticides (u) | 1 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.05 |
Total | 530 | 476.0 | 54.0 | 0.0001 |
M, number of variables in category; Meff, effective number of variables after taking into account correlation; Mdiff, difference between M and Meff; p value, indicative correlation-adjusted Bonferroni p value threshold (0.05/Meff).
Denotes quantitative assessment of physical activity (VO2Max) was also measured.
s, serum; sr, self-report; u, urine.