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. 2022 Jul 8;12:11590. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-15741-2

Table 2.

Adjusted odds ratios for fatty liver index (≥ 60) according to the exposure quartiles for organochlorine pesticides subclasses.

% (SE) OR (95% CI)
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
p,p'-DDE
Q1 35.5 (2.65) 1 (ref.) 1 (ref.) 1 (ref.)
Q2 39.9 (3.42) 1.209 (0.78, 1.875) 1.198 (0.747, 1.919) 1.261 (0.784, 2.029)
Q3 50.7 (3.71) 1.869 (1.23, 2.841) 1.699 (1.004, 2.877) 1.774 (1.027, 3.062)
Q4 44.8 (4.08) 1.474 (1.058, 2.054) 1.361 (0.832, 2.227) 1.409 (0.92, 2.157)
P value 0.015 0.24 0.24
Oxychlordane
Q1 30.9 (3.09) 1 (ref.) 1 (ref.) 1 (ref.)
Q2 39.7 (3.26) 1.474 (0.912, 2.382) 1.593 (0.944, 2.686) 1.519 (0.899, 2.569)
Q3 46.3 (4.8) 1.93 (1.33, 2.803) 2.191 (1.424, 3.373) 2.196 (1.352, 3.566)
Q4 54.7 (3.12) 2.7 (1.9, 3.839) 3.354 (1.953, 5.759) 3.471 (1.865, 6.458)
P value  < 0.001 0.002 0.007
Trans-nonachlor
Q1 31.9 (3.96) 1 (ref.) 1 (ref.) 1 (ref.)
Q2 40.5 (2.18) 1.453 (0.934, 2.26) 1.444 (0.898, 2.322) 1.42 (0.857, 2.352)
Q3 49.7 (2.73) 2.103 (1.302, 3.397) 1.927 (1.099, 3.38) 1.856 (1.039, 3.317)
Q4 48.2 (4.3) 1.984 (1.359, 2.897) 1.653 (0.955, 2.859) 1.693 (0.938, 3.055)
P value 0.007 0.16 0.18
Mirex
Q1 54.3 (3.1) 1 (ref.) 1 (ref.) 1 (ref.)
Q2 32.6 (3.31) 0.407 (0.26, 0.636) 0.38 (0.249, 0.582) 0.354 (0.221, 0.567)
Q3 44.4 (3.92) 0.674 (0.474, 0.959) 0.475 (0.333, 0.678) 0.439 (0.314, 0.613)
Q4 36.3 (3.16) 0.479 (0.343, 0.671) 0.289 (0.185, 0.451) 0.29 (0.175, 0.483)
P value 0.002 < 0.001 < 0.001

Model 1: Non-adjusted. Model 2: Adjusted for age, sex, race. Model 3: Adjusted for age, sex, race, poverty income ratio, smoking, drinking, physical activity.

Subjects were divided into four categories (Q1 to Q4), ranging from the lowest quartile group to the highest quartile group.

OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, SE standard error, ref. reference group.