Table 7. Adjusted odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) of the quartiles of serum concentrations of dioxin congeners to prevalence of diabetes mellitus and hypertension.
| Diabetes mellitus | Hypertension | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORs | 95% CIs | p | ORs | 95% CIs | p | |||||
| Lower | Upper | Lower | Upper | |||||||
| PCDDs | ||||||||||
| Q1: | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||||
| Q2: | 2.33 | 0.50 | 10.86 | 0.28 | 1.35 | 0.84 | 2.19 | 0.22 | ||
| Q3: | 3.18 | 0.71 | 14.23 | 0.13 | 1.16 | 0.71 | 1.91 | 0.55 | ||
| Q4: | 6.70 | 1.61 | 27.91 | <0.01 | 1.66 | 1.00 | 2.78 | 0.05 | ||
| p for trend | <0.05 | <0.05 | ||||||||
| PCDFs | ||||||||||
| Q1: | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||||
| Q2: | 1.56 | 0.31 | 7.77 | 0.59 | 1.34 | 0.82 | 2.19 | 0.24 | ||
| Q3: | 4.20 | 0.99 | 17.81 | 0.05 | 1.74 | 1.06 | 2.87 | <0.05 | ||
| Q4: | 5.69 | 1.32 | 24.53 | <0.05 | 1.90 | 1.12 | 3.25 | <0.05 | ||
| p for trend | <0.05 | <0.05 | ||||||||
| Coplanar PCBs | ||||||||||
| Q1: | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||||
| Q2: | 3.30 | 0.60 | 18.04 | 0.17 | 1.26 | 0.76 | 2.09 | 0.37 | ||
| Q3: | 4.84 | 0.91 | 25.68 | 0.06 | 1.66 | 0.99 | 2.79 | 0.05 | ||
| Q4: | 5.36 | 1.00 | 28.72 | 0.05 | 2.31 | 1.33 | 4.02 | <0.01 | ||
| p for trend | <0.05 | <0.05 | ||||||||
| Total dioxins | ||||||||||
| Q1: | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||||
| Q2: | 1.28 | 0.24 | 6.85 | 0.77 | 1.01 | 0.62 | 1.66 | 0.96 | ||
| Q3: | 4.44 | 1.04 | 18.94 | <0.05 | 1.62 | 0.97 | 2.70 | 0.07 | ||
| Q4: | 4.98 | 1.17 | 21.17 | <0.05 | 1.92 | 1.12 | 3.28 | <0.05 | ||
| p for trend | <0.05 | <0.05 | ||||||||
Adjusted for age, survey year, BMI, smoking habit and alcohol consumption. Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4 stand for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th quartiles, respectively. p was computed using the Wald test. p for trend was computed using the Jonckheere trend test.