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. 2021 Mar 9;18(5):2774. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18052774

Table 4.

Nuuk and Ilulissat women: Age stratified time trend of lipPOPs, metals and PFASs level.

Chemical Nuuk Women (1999–2015), Median Age 30 Years (Min-Max: 15–66)
≤ 30 Years >30 Years
Raw Adjusted a Raw Adjusted a
n β 95% CI p n β 95% CI p n β 95% CI p n β 95% CI p
LipPOPs (µg/kg lipid)
ln PCB153 387 −0.08 −0.09; −0.06 <0.0001 387 −0.08 −0.09; −0.06 <0.0001 333 −0.17 −0.18; −0.15 <0.0001 333 −0.11 −0.13; −0.09 <0.0001
ln p,p’-DDE 386 −0.08 −0.09; −0.06 <0.0001 386 −0.08 −0.09; −0.06 <0.0001 333 −0.16 −0.18; −0.15 <0.0001 333 −0.10 −0.12; −0.08 <0.0001
ln Oxychlordane 386 −0.07 −0.08; −0.05 <0.0001 386 −0.06 −0.08; −0.05 <0.0001 333 −0.20 −0.22; −0.17 <0.0001 333 −0.13 −0.16; −0.10 <0.0001
Metals (µg/L)
ln Hg 377 −0.004 −0.02; 0.01 0.614 377 −0.01 −0.02; 0.01 0.464 201 −0.02 −0.04; 0.003 0.084# 201 −0.04 −0.06; −0.01 0.002
ln Pb 377 −0.06 −0.07; −0.05 <0.0001 377 −0.06 −0.07; −0.05 <0.0001 201 −0.08 −0.10; −0.06 <0.0001 201 −0.07 −0.09; −0.05 <0.0001
ln Se 377 −0.02 −0.03; −0.01 <0.0001 377 −0.02 −0.03; −0.01 <0.0001 201 −0.03 −0.04; −0.02 <0.0001 201 −0.03 −0.04; −0.02 <0.0001
Nuuk women (1998–2015), Median age 30 years (min-max: 17–66)
PFASs (ng/mL)
ln PFHxS 246 −0.19 −0.23; −0.15 <0.0001 246 −0.19 −0.23; −0.15 <0.0001 235 −0.13 −0.14; −0.11 <0.0001 235 −0.09 −0.15; −0.02 0.010
ln PFOS 246 −0.06 −0.10; −0.02 0.003 246 −0.06 −0.10; −0.02 0.003 235 −0.11 −0.12; −0.09 <0.0001 235 −0.06 −0.13; 0.01 0.105
ln PFOA 246 −0.05 −0.10; −0.01 0.019 246 −0.05 −0.10; −0.01 0.019 235 −0.07 −0.08; −0.06 <0.0001 235 −0.04 −0.10; 0.02 0.213
ln PFNA 246 −0.02 −0.06; 0.01 0.226 246 −0.02 −0.06; 0.01 0.226 235 −0.02 −0.03; 0.002 0.076 # 235 −0.01 −0.08; 0.07 0.890
ln PFDA 246 0.02 −0.03; 0.06 0.505 246 0.02 −0.03; 0.06 0.505 235 −0.01 −0.02; 0.01 0.607 235 0.03 −0.05; 0.12 0.427
ln PFUnA 246 0.04 −0.03; 0.11 0.299 246 0.04 −0.03; 0.11 0.299 235 −0.01 −0.03; 0.01 0.326 235 0.01 −0.09; 0.11 0.827
Chemical Ilulissat women (1994–2015), Median age 26 years (min-max: 15–43)
≤26 years >26 years
Raw Adjusted a Raw Adjusted a
n β 95% CI p n β 95% CI p n β 95% CI p n β 95% CI p
LipPOPs (µg/kg lipid)
In PCB153 184 −0.07 −0.08; −0.05 <0.0001 184 −0.05 −0.08; −0.01 0.014 162 −0.08 −0.09; −0.06 <0.0001 162 −0.06 −0.10; −0.01 0.014
ln p,p’-DDE 177 −0.07 −0.09; −0.05 <0.0001 177 −0.06 −0.10; −0.02 0.004 152 −0.07 −0.09; −0.05 <0.0001 152 −0.05 −0.09; 0.00 0.049
ln Oxychlordane 184 −0.06 −0.08; −0.04 <0.0001 184 −0.05 −0.10; −0.01 0.031 162 −0.07 −0.09; −0.04 <0.0001 162 −0.04 −0.10; 0.03 0.294
Metals (µg/L)
ln Hg 158 −0.07 −0.09; −0.05 <0.0001 158 −0.02 −0.06; 0.02 0.319 140 −0.05 −0.07; −0.03 <0.0001 140 0.01 −0.04; 0.06 0.723
ln Pb 158 −0.10 −0.11; −0.09 <0.0001 158 −0.02 −0.04; 0.01 0.289 141 −0.10 −0.11; −0.09 <0.0001 141 −0.03 −0.07; −0.004 0.027
ln Se 156 0.04 0.03; 0.05 <0.0001 156 0.04 0.02; 0.07 <0.0001 139 0.05 0.04; 0.06 <0.0001 139 0.05 0.01; 0.08 0.005

LipPOP: legacy lipophilic POPs; PFASs: perfluoroalkylated substances; a Data was adjusted for pregnancy status (Nuuk pregnant women: age ≤ 30 years: n = 338 for lipPOPs and metals, n = 246 for PFASs; age > 30 years: n = 176 for lipPOPs and metals, n = 169 for PFAS data set. Ilulissat pregnant women: age ≤ 26 years: n = 64; age > 26 years: n = 46 for lipPOPs and metals). n: number of participants in the analysis. Bold indicate statistical significance (p <0.05). #: Borderline significant (0.05 < p < 0.10). PFASs in Ilulissat participants were not performed time trend analysis stratified by age due to small sample size (n = 79) and only had four time series. For the full name of chemicals, please refer to the abbreviation list.