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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 18.
Published in final edited form as: J Hum Lact. 2018 Mar 30;34(2):340–349. doi: 10.1177/0890334418759308

Table 5.

Spearman’s Rank Correlation of Chemicals in Human Milk Samplesa (N = 21).

PBDE47 PBDE99 PBDE100 PBDE153 PBDE154 PCB118 PCB138 PCB153 PCB180 ppDDE opDDE ppDDT opDDT CLP PER MEP MEHP MEOHP MEHHP MnBP miBP BzBP BPA BABY AGE
PBDE47 1
PBDE99 0.51* 1
PBDE100 0.44* 0.12 1
PBDE153 −0.30 0.14 −0.45* 1
PBDE154 0.52* 0.08 −0.03 −0.06 1
PCB118 −0.06 −0.09 −0.39 0.42 0.43 1
PCB138 −0.02 0.04 −0.44* 0.43* 0.44* 0.95* 1
PCB153 0.10 0.13 −0.34 0.22 0.38 0.87* 0.87* 1
PCB180 −0.12 −0.03 −0.07 −0.10 0.22 0.01 −0.03 −0.08 1
ppDDE 0.01 0.04 −0.12 0.06 −0.07 0.07 −0.02 0.19 0.06 1
opDDE 0.02 0.20 −0.11 0.03 0.04 0.03 −0.004 0.18 0.33 0.88* 1
ppDDT −0.10 −0.12 0.20 −0.16 −0.47* −0.29 −0.40 −0.21 −0.26 0.70* 0.47* 1
opDDT −0.04 0.07 0.05 −0.06 −0.38 −0.39 −0.39 −0.25 −0.31 0.36 0.28 0.70* 1
CLP 0.11 0.06 0.32 −0.34 −0.11 −0.20 −0.07 −0.18 0.18 0.19 0.30 0.24 0.12 1
PER 0.21 0.30 −0.40* 0.01 0.33 0.02 0.14 0.03 0.18 −0.07 0.06 −0.26 0.04 −0.01 1
MEP 0.34 0.42 0.25 −0.25 0.03 −0.32 −0.22 −0.08 −0.09 0.14 0.20 0.22 0.56* 0.25 0.37 1
MEHP 0.11 0.37 −0.02 −0.01 0.29 0.25 0.22 0.17 0.09 −0.15 −0.04 −0.34 −0.36 0.04 −0.04 −0.10 1
MEOHP −0.11 0.33 −0.06 0.27 −0.001 0.12 0.16 0.06 −0.14 0.012 −0.02 −0.15 −0.27 0.04 −0.19 −0.07 0.66* 1
MEHHP −0.15 0.19 0.05 0.16 −0.021 0.01 0.01 −0.08 0.03 −0.022 −0.02 −0.15 −0.32 0.12 −0.31 −0.20 0.65* 0.92* 1
MnBP −0.20 −0.22 0.0052 −0.15 −0.37 −0.44* −0.56* −0.46* −0.25 0.06 −0.15 0.19 −0.01 −0.28 −0.35 −0.14 0.11 0.30 0.32 1
miBP −0.13 −0.02 −0.08 −0.13 −0.48* −0.44* −0.53* −0.37 −0.03 0.38 0.25 0.34 −0.02 −0.06 −0.14 −0.19 −0.02 0.12 0.12 0.77* 1
BzBP −0.36 −0.34 0.03 0.09 −0.44* −0.33 −0.41 −0.53* −0.16 −0.05 −0.25 0.19 0.05 −0.09 −0.38 −0.17 −0.09 0.21 0.18 0.64* 0.46* 1
BPA −0.15 0.05 −0.41 −0.01 −0.45* −0.12 −0.09 0.09 −0.18 0.44* 0.29 0.40 0.43* 0.03 0.07 0.12 −0.28 −0.06 −0.15 0.13 0.40 0.26 1
BABY AGE −0.33 −0.03 −0.19 0.42 −0.08 0.26 0.19 0.16 0.18 −0.18 −0.08 −0.41 −0.42 −0.42 −0.25 −0.22 0.07 0.11 0.123 0.23 0.12 0.20 −0.20 1
Spearman Rank Correlation Table Legend.
Correlation Coefficient Correlation Category Correlation Coefficient Shading
Very strong 0.80–1.0
Strong 0.60–0.79
Moderate 0.40–0.59
a

Correlation coefficients are for chemical concentrations before pasteurization.

*

p < .05.