Table 4.

The direction (positive (+) or negative (−)) of the associations and p values from the crude regression analysis between foods, nutrients and mycotoxins detected in urine and serum

		DON equivalents in urine		Enniatin B in serum		OTA in serum
	n		p value		p value		p value
Breads and cereal products, day 1	1096	*			0.002	–	0.46
Breads, day 1	1096	*		+	< 0.001	+	0.18
Oats, day 1	491	+	0.01	+	0.01	+	0.07
Whole grain rice, day 1	297	+	0.11	+	0.003	–	0.66
Rice, day 1	383	+	0.06	+	< 0.001	–	0.60
Rye, day 1	644	+	0.08	+	0.023	+	0.33
Whole grain wheat, day 1	414	–	0.27	+	< 0.001	+	0.33
Sifted wheat, day 1	1077	–	0.18	+	< 0.001	–	0.64
Wholegrain, day 1	972	+	0.004	+	0.17	–	0.13
Wholegrain, usual	1096	+	0.001	+	0.03	–	0.05
Dietary fibre, day 1	1096	+	0.009	+	< 0.001	+	0.03
Dietary fibre, usual	1096	+	0.004	+	< 0.001	+	0.13

Usual refers to the long-term intake based on intake from all 3 days of registration. The regression analysis was a median regression model, using bootstrapping over 1000 replications to produce robust estimates

n number of consumers, DON deoxinivalenol, OTA ochratoxin A