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. 2015 Mar 3;123(9):867–872. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1408245

Table 2.

Association between organochlorine insecticides and risk of metastatic prostate cancer in the Janus cohort.

Metabolite Continuous Q1 Q2 vs. Q1 Q3 vs. Q1 Q4 vs. Q1 p-Trendc
ORa,b (95% CI) Ca/Co Ca/Co ORb (95% CI) Ca/Co ORb (95% CI) Ca/Co ORb (95% CI)
Chlordane 1.09 (0.96, 1.24) 31/77 33/76 1.01 (0.52, 1.94) 44/81 1.39 (0.73, 2.62) 42/80 1.65 (0.82, 3.34) 0.13
Oxychlordane 1.26 (0.97, 1.64) 30/79 36/78 1.35 (0.70, 2.59) 37/79 1.34 (0.70, 2.55) 46/78 2.03 (1.03, 4.03) 0.05
trans-Nonachlor 1.29 (0.80, 2.08) 39/79 31/78 0.79 (0.43, 1.44) 35/79 0.89 (0.49, 1.63) 45/78 1.38 (0.73, 2.61) 0.19
Heptachlor epoxide 1.08 (0.82, 1.42) 32/78 33/79 1.01 (0.50, 2.02) 32/78 1.19 (0.60, 2.36) 52/79 2.01 (0.98, 4.10) 0.05
DDT 0.98 (0.88, 1.10) 34/79 36/78 0.94 (0.50, 1.78) 43/79 1.07 (0.59, 1.94) 37/78 0.97 (0.50, 1.88) 0.99
p,p’-DDT 0.97 (0.69, 1.38) 39/79 35/78 0.86 (0.46, 1.60) 33/79 0.76 (0.39, 1.47) 43/78 1.01 (0.52, 1.99) 0.75
p,p’-DDE 0.96 (0.72, 1.29) 35/79 32/78 0.80 (0.42, 1.51) 47/79 1.23 (0.69, 2.21) 36/78 0.90 (0.47, 1.73) 0.99
o,p’-DDT 0.96 (0.71, 1.28) 42/79 34/78 0.75 (0.41, 1.38) 27/79 0.62 (0.33, 1.19) 47/78 0.99 (0.50, 1.97) 0.58
Hexachlorobenzene 1.21 (0.75, 1.97) 29/79 49/78 1.70 (0.90, 3.22) 34/79 1.35 (0.62, 2.93) 38/78 2.03 (0.86, 4.84) 0.22
γ‑Hexachlorocyclohexane 1.01 (0.81, 1.26) 41/79 33/78 0.79 (0.42, 1.47) 31/79 0.80 (0.41, 1.56) 45/78 1.10 (0.57, 2.12) 0.67
β‑Hexachlorocyclohexane 1.19 (0.72, 1.95) 34/78 37/79 1.05 (0.56, 1.97) 29/79 0.75 (0.38, 1.50) 50/78 1.44 (0.71, 2.94) 0.29
Dieldrin 1.07 (0.87, 1.31) 32/78 37/77 1.14 (0.61, 2.15) 30/79 0.92 (0.46, 1.84) 50/80 1.42 (0.73, 2.77) 0.29
Mirex 1.26 (0.96, 1.65) 36/78 35/79 1.01 (0.55, 1.86) 34/79 0.94 (0.50, 1.77) 44/78 1.73 (0.90, 3.31) 0.07
Abbreviations: Ca/Co, cases/controls; DDE, dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene; DDT, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane; OR, odds ratio; Q, quartile. aPer unit increase in natural log–transformed ng/g lipid. bAdjusted for county, age at collection, and date at collection. cTrend of median values across quartiles.