Table 3.
Correlations between PCBs and other measured variables
| Correlation matrix | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marked correlations are significant at p < 0.05000, n = 28 | ||||||
| PCB 52 | PCB101 | PCB153 | PCB138 | PCB180 | Sum of PCB | |
| Lipids (g/100 mL) | − 0.124 | 0.132 | − 0.560 | − 0.201 | − 0.353 | − 0.351 |
| Lactation period | 0.317 | 0.182 | 0.633 | 0.525 | 0.796 | 0.662 |
| Total protein (g/100 mL) | − 0.215 | − 0.049 | − 0.310 | − 0.073 | − 0.415 | − 0.303 |
| Nutritional value (g/100 mL) | − 0.182 | − 0.059 | − 0.294 | − 0.053 | − 0.409 | − 0.282 |
| Carbohydrates (g/100 mL) | 0.014 | 0.017 | 0.070 | 0.097 | 0.341 | 0.154 |
| Dry weight (g/100 mL) | − 0.166 | 0.087 | − 0.512 | − 0.133 | − 0.287 | − 0.315 |
| Energy value (kcal/100 mL) | − 0.169 | 0.089 | − 0.554 | − 0.166 | − 0.332 | − 0.350 |