Table 1.
Demographic data in each burden group in the adipose and whole blood tissue categories
| Adipose | Control (N = 12) | Low (N = 3) | Medium (N = 11) | High (N = 11) | All (N = 37) |
| Age [Mean (SD)] (yrs) | 70.5 (6.5) | 81.7 (11.6) | 77.0 (8.5) | 67.7 (1.9) | 72.5 (7.9) |
| Smoking: ever [N (%)] | 9 (75.0) | 2 (66.7) | 8 (72.7) | 8 (72.7) | 27 (73.0) |
| BMI [Mean (SD)] (kg/m^2) | 32.1 (5.5) | 24.9 (1.0) | 30.9 (3.7) | 30.9 (3.3) | 30.8 (4.4) |
| Dioxin [Mean (SD), Range] (ppt) | 4.2 (1.3), 2.2–7.1 | 6.7 (0.9), 5.6–7.2 | 13.4 (3.3), 8.9–19.6 | 66.4 (48.6), 26.6–167.6 | 25.6 (37.4), 2.2–167.6 |
| Whole Blood | Control (N = 12) | Low (N = 4) | Medium (N = 11) | High (N = 15) | All (N = 42) |
| Age [Mean (SD)] (yrs) | 70.6 (6.5) | 79.5 (10.4) | 77.0 (8.5) | 69.7 (5.8) | 72.8 (7.9) |
| Smoking: ever [N (%)] | 9 (75.0) | 3 (75.0) | 8 (72.7) | 11 (73.3) | 31 (73.8) |
| BMI [Mean (SD)] (kg/m^2) | 32.1 (5.5) | 25.7 (1.8) | 30.9 (3.7) | 29.7 (3.5) | 30.3 (4.4) |
| Dioxin [Mean (SD), Range] (ppt) | 4.2 (1.3), 2.2–7.1 | 6.5 (0.8), 5.6–7.2 | 13.4 (3.3), 8.9–19.6 | 60.4 (42.3), 26.6–167.6 | 26.9 (35.6), 2.21–167.6 |
Demographic data from the Ranch Hand and control veterans was gathered as part of the Air Force Health Study. The burden groups are stratified by lipid-adjusted serum dioxin levels