Table 4.
Association of individual characteristics and locally produced foods consumption with β-HCH concentration (ng/g lipid)
| GMRa | p-value | 95%CI | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | |||||
| M | 1.00 | ||||
| F | 1.33 | 0.000 | 1.14 | – | 1.54 |
| Age (years) | 1.03 | 0.000 | 1.03 | – | 1.04 |
| BMI (kg/sm) | 1.03 | 0.003 | 1.01 | – | 1.04 |
| Breast feeding (in the last 15 years, limited to women aged between 19 and 59 yrs) | |||||
| No | 1.00 | ||||
| Yes | 0.60 | 0.000 | 0.46 | – | 0.78 |
| Eating local/own production eggs | |||||
| No | 1.00 | ||||
| Yes | 1.43 | 0.001 | 1.15 | – | 1.78 |
| Eating local/own production beef | |||||
| No | 1.00 | ||||
| Yes | 1.36 | 0.011 | 1.07 | – | 1.72 |
| Drinking water from private wells | |||||
| No | 1.00 | ||||
| Yes | 1.67 | 0.003 | 1.19 | – | 2.34 |
aGMR Geometric mean ratio
Standard errors were corrected to account for correlation between subjects nested in families (sandwich estimators)