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. 2015 Jul 9;124(3):357–364. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1409518

Table 5.

Associations between organic food consumption and cryptorchidism.a

Exposure to organic food Total (n = 35,107) Cryptorchidism n (%) Crude OR (95% CI) Adjustedb OR (95% CI) Adjustedc OR (95% CI)
Any organic foodd
Never/seldom 17,996 79 (0.4) 1 1 NA
Sometimes, often, or mostly 17,111 72 (0.4) 0.96 (0.70, 1.32) 0.91 (0.66, 1.26)
Organic vegetables
Never/seldom 22,759 98 (0.4) 1 1 1
Sometimes, often, or mostly 12,348 53 (0.4) 0.99 (0.71, 1.39) 0.92 (0.66, 1.30) 1.03 (0.61, 1.74)
Organic fruit
Never/seldom 25,006 107 (0.4) 1 1 1
Sometimes, often, or mostly 10,101 44 (0.5) 1.02 (0.72, 1.45) 1.04 (0.73, 1.44) 1.17 (0.73, 1.90)
Organic cereals
Never/seldom 27,980 123 (0.4) 1 1 1
Sometimes, often, or mostly 7,127 28 (0.4) 0.89 (0.59, 1.35) 0.86 (0.57, 1.30) 0.88 (0.55, 1.42)
Organic milk/dairy products
Never/seldom 25,992 120 (0.5) 1 1 1
Sometimes, often, or mostly 9,115 31 (0.3) 0.74 (0.50, 1.09) 0.70 (0.47, 1.05) 0.65 (0.40, 1.04)
Organic eggs
Never/seldom 23,144 99 (0.4) 1 1 1
Sometimes, often, or mostly 11,963 52 (0.5) 1.02 (0.73, 1.42) 0.97 (0.69, 1.36) 1.09 (0.65, 1.82)
Organic meat
Never/seldom 30,814 136 (0.4) 1 1 1
Sometimes, often, or mostly 4,293 15 (0.4) 0.79 (0.46, 1.35) 0.78 (0.45, 1.33) 0.78 (0.44, 1.38)
NA, not applicable. aNumbers of observations (total and cases) do not account for observations with missing covariate data (123 missing including 1 case). bResults from logistic regression models adjusted for maternal education, household income, and paternal age. In addition, the model for each organic food group was adjusted for the total daily intake of food items (organic and nonorganic) in the respective group. cAdditional adjustment for any organic food. dReported use of at least one of the organic food groups. No data were missing on use of organic food.