Table 3.
Univariate associations between fish consumption (meals per year) and levels of contaminants, modeled using a quantile regression model for the 10th, 50th, and 90th percentiles.
| Beta (95% CI)* |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Predictor | Response | 10th percentile | 50th percentile | 90th percentile |
| Locally-caught fish–Great Lakes | Blood | 0.018 (0.001, 0.029) | 0.042 (0.009, 0.072) | 0.086 (−0.010, 0.161) |
| Locally-caught fish–AOCS | Hg, (μg/L) | 0.018 (0.000, 0.022) | 0.020 (0.000, 0.072) | −0.052 (−0.053, 0.000) |
| Locally-caught fish–other | 0.013 (0.000, 0.019) | 0.016 (0.005, 0.033) | 0.009 (−0.021, 0.151) | |
| Fish purchased in restaurant | 0.014 (−0.015, 0.026) | 0.017 (−0.028, 0.049) | 0.052 (0.013, 0.315) | |
| Fish purchased in store | 0.014 (−0.038, 0.024) | 0.016 (−0.012, 0.048) | 0.031 (−0.018, 0.411) | |
| Locally-caught fish–Great Lakes | Hair | 0.003 (0.000, 0.008) | 0.013 (0.006, 0.017) | 0.019 (0.004, 0.053) |
| Locally-caught fish–AOCS | Hg, (μg/g) | 0.003 (0.000, 0.006) | 0.003 (−0.005, 0.023) | −0.012 (−0.022, 0.000) |
| Locally-caught fish–other | 0.002 (−0.001, 0.004) | 0.005 (0.000, 0.012) | 0.006 (−0.005, 0.037) | |
| Fish purchased in restaurant | 0.001 (−0.002, 0.007) | 0.010 (0.002, 0.021) | 0.008 (0.006, 0.085) | |
| Fish purchased in store | 0.000 (−0.008, 0.003) | 0.004 (−0.005, 0.022) | 0.014 (−0.002, 0.097) | |
| Locally-caught fish–Great Lakes | ΣPBDE, (ng/mL) | 0.000 (−0.028, 0.003) | 0.002 (0.000, 0.004) | 0.006 (0.000, 0.034) |
| Locally-caught fish–AOCS | 0.000 (0.000, 0.001) | −0.002 (−0.007, 0.001) | 0.000 (−0.003, 0.000) | |
| Locally-caught fish–other | 0.000 (−0.002, 0.000) | −0.001 (−0.002, 0.001) | −0.001 (−0.002, 0.018) | |
| Fish purchased in restaurant | 0.001 (−0.005, 0.002) | 0.000 (−0.001, 0.004) | −0.002 (−0.004, 0.016) | |
| Fish purchased in store | 0.002 (−0.005, 0.002) | 0.001 (0.000, 0.002) | −0.003 (−0.003, 0.049) | |
| Locally-caught fish–Great Lakes | ΣPCB, (ng/mL) | 0.008 (−0.020, 0.017) | 0.012 (0.008, 0.044) | 0.097 (0.032, 0.241) |
| Locally-caught Fish–AOCS | −0.003 (0.000, 0.014) | 0.018 (−0.014, 0.000) | 0.033 (−0.056, 0.000) | |
| Locally-caught fish–other | −0.004 (−0.011, 0.001) | 0.013 (−0.011, 0.023) | 0.003 (−0.025, 0.147) | |
| Fish purchased in restaurant | 0.001 (−0.029, 0.023) | 0.019 (−0.026, 0.028) | −0.023 (−0.037, 0.136) | |
| Fish purchased in store | −0.003 (−0.048, 0.004) | 0.006 (−0.021, 0.019) | −0.026 (−0.034, 0.194) | |
| Locally-caught fish–Great Lakes | PFOA, (ng/mL) | 0.018 (−0.129, 0.025) | 0.007 (0.000, 0.026) | 0.007 (−0.014, 0.066) |
| Locally-caught fish–AOCS | 0.000 (0.000, 0.018) | 0.009 (−0.068, 0.030) | ||
| Locally-caught fish–other | 0.004 (−0.030, 0.013) | 0.012 (0.004, 0.021) | 0.015 (−0.005, 0.050) | |
| Fish purchased in restaurant | −0.006 (−0.050, 0.026) | 0.007 (−0.016, 0.029) | 0.010 (−0.015, 0.130) | |
| Fish purchased in store | −0.006 (−0.059, 0.010) | 0.000 (−0.012, 0.036) | 0.012 (−0.020, 0.121) | |
| Locally-caught fish–Great Lakes | PFOS, (ng/mL) | 0.110 (−0.011, 0.191) | 0.175 (0.022, 0.370) | 1.250 (0.014, 1.749) |
| Locally-caught fish–AOCS | 0.141 (−, 0.165) | 0.200 (−1.172, 0.475) | 0.083 (−0.125, −) | |
| Locally-caught fish–other | 0.083 (−0.164, 0.145) | 0.116 (0.027, 0.306) | 0.198 (−0.011, 0.961) | |
| Fish purchased in restaurant | 0.042 (−0.083, 0.208) | 0.125 (−0.043, 0.460) | 0.144 (0.094, 2.283) | |
| Fish purchased in store | −0.046 (−0.374, 0.154) | −0.022 (−0.238, 0.235) | 0.217 (−0.173, 0.459) | |
*
Bold font indicates an association that is statistically significant at the p < 0.05 level.