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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Int. 2017 Dec 12;111:268–278. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2017.11.026

Table 4.

Simultaneous associations between home dust and dust cloud exposure with serum PCDD/F concentrations, covariate-adjusted* (n=102).

Home dust vs. no home dust Dust cloud vs. no dust cloud
natural log unit increase (95% CI) p-value natural log unit increase (95% CI) p-value
Serum polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) (pg/g lipid)
 2,3,7,8-TCDD 1.31 (0.48, 2.13) 0.002 0.04 (−0.84, 0.93) 0.92
 1,2,3,7,8-PenCDD 0.81 (0.81, 2.80) 0.001 −0.34 (−1.42, 0.73) 0.52
 1,2,3,7,8,9-HexCDD 2.05 (0.68, 3.43) 0.004 −0.72 (−2.21, 0.76) 0.33
 1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HepCDD 3.09 (1.59, 4.59) <0.0001 0.06 (−1.56, 1.68) 0.94
 OCDD 0.76 (−0.01, 1.53) 0.05 −0.33 (−1.16, 0.50) 0.44
 Σ PCDD 0.92 (0.39, 1.45) 0.001 −0.13 (−0.70, 0.44) 0.64
Serum polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) (pg/g lipid)
 2,3,7,8-TCDF 0.94 (0.38, 1.51) 0.001 −0.36 (−0.97, 0.25) 0.25
 1,2,3,7,8-PenCDF 4.59 (2.88, 6.30) <0.0001 −1.91 (−3.76, −0.07) 0.04
 2,3,4,7,8-PenCDF 2.48 (1.33, 3.63) <0.0001 −0.11 (−1,35, 1.13) 0.86
 1,2,3,4,7,8-HexCDF 2.37 (1.00, 3.75) 0.001 −1.06 (−2.54, 0.42) 0.16
 1,2,3,6,7,8-HexCDF 2.57 (1.40, 3.75) <0.0001 −1.87 (−3.13, −0.60) 0.004
 1,2,3,7,8,9-HexCDF 2.16 (0.27, 4.04) 0.03 −2.33 (−4.35, −0.30) 0.03
 1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HepCDF 2.40 (0.80, 4.00) 0.004 −1.21 (−2.94, 0.52) 0.17
 Σ PCDF 1.48 (1.10, 1.86) <0.0001 −0.42 (−0.83, −0.007) 0.046
*

adjusted for race/ethnicity and daily kilocalories