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. 2020 Jan 22;19:9. doi: 10.1186/s12940-020-0562-7

Table 3.

β-HCH (ng/g lipid) GM and GMR from distinct linear regressions, by local/own production food consumed

Food consumption N % Geometric mean 95%CI GMRa p-value 95%CI GMRb p-value 95%CI
Milk No 548 91.0 69 62 - 76 1.00 1.00
Yes 54 9.0 107 75 - 152 1.43 0.031 1.03 - 1.99 1.30 0.130 0.93 - 1.82
Cheese No 451 74.9 65 58 - 73 1.00 1.00
Yes 151 25.1 95 79 - 115 1.39 0.008 1.09 - 1.77 1.31 0.021 1.04 - 1.65
Eggs No 205 34.1 48 42 - 56 1.00 1.00
Yes 397 65.9 88 78 - 99 1.72 0.000 1.38 - 2.14 1.45 0.001 1.16 - 1.82
Chicken meat No 253 42.0 55 48 - 63 1.00 1.00
Yes 349 58.0 87 76 - 99 1.63 0.000 1.31 - 2.01 1.36 0.005 1.10 - 1.68
Beef No 408 67.8 63 56 - 71 1.00 1.00
Yes 194 32.2 93 79 - 111 1.67 0.000 1.31 - 2.14 1.44 0.002 1.14 - 1.82
Pork meat No 447 74.3 65 58 - 72 1.00 1.00
Yes 155 25.7 97 80 - 117 1.62 0.000 1.27 - 2.07 1.40 0.004 1.11 - 1.77
Sheep meat No 445 73.9 63 56 - 70 1.00 1.00
Yes 157 26.1 106 87 - 129 1.55 0.001 1.21 - 1.99 1.39 0.006 1.10 - 1.76
Rabbit meat No 413 68.6 68 60 - 76 1.00 1.00
Yes 189 31.4 82 68 - 98 1.12 0.367 0.88 - 1.43 1.01 0.931 0.80 - 1.28
Liver meat No 559 92.9 69 62 - 76 1.00 1.00
Yes 43 7.1 123 84 - 180 1.50 0.043 1.01 - 2.21 1.40 0.097 0.94 - 2.09
Fresh vegetables No 223 37.0 55 47 - 63 1.00 1.00
Yes 379 63.0 84 74 - 95 1.62 0.000 1.31 - 2.01 1.35 0.006 1.09 - 1.67
Cooked vegetables No 244 40.5 52 45 - 60 1.00 1.00
Yes 358 59.5 89 79 - 101 1.64 0.000 1.34 - 2.01 1.41 0.001 1.15 - 1.72
Fruit No 505 83.9 69 62 - 77 1.00 1.00
Yes 97 16.1 88 68 - 114 1.18 0.225 0.90 - 1.56 1.02 0.861 0.78 - 1.35

aGMR Geometric mean ratio adjusted by gender and age classes

bGMR Geometric mean ratio adjusted by gender, age class, bmi, drinking water from private wells, whashing oneself with water from

Standard errors were corrected to account for correlation between subject nested in families (sandwich estimators)