Table 4.
Associations between predictors (age, sex and location) on serum pesticide concentrations from log-linear regression.
| Dependent Variable |
Predictor | Risk Ratio |
95% CI | % change | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Σ-DDT | |||||
| Age(10 years) | 1.27 | (1.06, 1.51) | 27.1 | 0.009 | |
| Female sex | 0.89 | (0.67, 1.19) | −10.5 | 0.45 | |
| NEC | 1.36 | (0.94, 1.96) | 36.2 | 0.09 | |
| Savoonga | 1.23 | (0.87, 1.76) | 23.9 | 0.23 | |
| Σ-Chlordane | |||||
| Age(10 years) | 1.52 | (1.26, 1.83) | 52.0 | <0.001 | |
| Female sex | 0.83 | (0.61, 1.14) | −16.5 | 0.25 | |
| NEC | 1.32 | (0.89, 1.95) | 32.4 | 0.15 | |
| Savoonga | 1.38 | (0.94, 1.99) | 37.5 | 0.09 | |
| Mirex | |||||
| Age(10 years) | 2.16 | (1.80, 2.58) | 115.9 | <0.0001 | |
| Female sex | 0.43 | (0.32, 0.59) | −129.3 | <0.0001 | |
| NEC | 1.03 | (0.71, 1.50) | 2.9 | 0.88 | |
| Savoonga | 1.04 | (0.72, 1.48) | 3.5 | 0.85 | |
| HCB | |||||
| Age(10 years) | 1.37 | (1.15, 1.62) | 36.8 | 0.0004 | |
| Female sex | 0.79 | (0.60, 1.05) | −20.6 | 0.10 | |
| NEC | 1.60 | (1.13, 2.27) | 60.5 | 0.009 | |
| Savoonga | 1.36 | (0.97. 1.90) | 35.9 | 0.07 |
Gambell was the referent group for both NEC and Savoonga. Female compared to male.