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

Table 3.

Adjusted means (95% CI) for other NAFLD-related variables (AST, ALT, GGT) according to the quartiles of organochlorine pesticide subclasses.

Adjusted Mean (95% CI) (mg/dL)
AST ALT GGT
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
p,p'-DDE (ng/g)
Q1 22.67 (21.76–23.62) 23.76 (22.41–25.2) 23.49 (22.19–24.87) 22.2 (21.26–23.17) 21.79 (20.58–23.07) 21.56 (20.51–22.67) 20.27 (18.72–21.95) 22.47 (19.94–25.33) 22.28 (19.74–25.16)
Q2 23.65 (22.65–24.69) 24.51 (23.12–25.98) 24.34 (22.92–25.84) 22.88 (21.64–24.19) 22.67 (21.53–23.87) 22.99 (21.9–24.14) 20.27 (18.69–21.98) 21.79 (19.68–24.12) 22.08 (19.96–24.42)
Q3 23.92 (22.92–24.97) 24.31 (23.15–25.54) 24.58 (23.44–25.77) 23.23 (22.01–24.53) 23.18 (21.59–24.9) 23.5 (21.95–25.15) 22.06 (19.82–24.56) 22.2 (19.31–25.52) 21.98 (19–25.42)
Q4 24.05 (22.87–25.29) 24.38 (23–25.83) 24.43 (22.71–26.29) 21.94 (20.4–23.6) 22.85 (21.1–24.74) 22.96 (20.97–25.15) 21.24 (19.15–23.56) 21.21 (19.14–23.49) 21.37 (18.91–24.15)
P value 0.17 0.61 0.34 0.47 0.35 0.08 0.47 0.76 0.93
Oxychlordane (ng/g)
Q1 22.27 (21.13–23.47) 22.74 (20.9–24.74) 22.44 (20.64–24.4) 21.23 (20.03–22.51) 20.15 (18.76–21.64) 19.87 (18.72–21.09) 17.75 (16.24–19.41) 18.8 (16.68–21.18) 18.74 (16.86–20.83)
Q2 23.64 (22.89–24.41) 24.53 (23.19–25.94) 24.22 (22.91–25.6) 23.61 (22.63–24.64) 23.51 (22.08–25.03) 23.26 (21.83–24.77) 21.62 (19.98–23.38) 23.23 (21.07–25.6) 22.67 (20.71–24.82)
Q3 24.02 (23–25.09) 24.93 (23.85–26.05) 25.08 (23.99–26.22) 23.72 (21.99–25.58) 24.43 (22.59–26.42) 25.01 (23.16–27) 21.81 (19.11–24.88) 22.67 (19.3–26.64) 22.92 (19.46–26.98)
Q4 24 (23.04–25) 24.98 (23.74–26.3) 25.43 (24.09–26.85) 21.04 (19.43–22.8) 22.78 (21.09–24.61) 23.33 (21.48–25.34) 22.45 (19.55–25.77) 22.94 (19.05–27.63) 23.46 (19.06–28.86)
P value 0.040 0.13 0.09 0.010  < 0.001  < 0.001 0.009 0.034 0.022
Trans-nonachlor (ng/g)
Q1 22.67 (21.67–23.71) 23.39 (21.73–25.19) 23.09 (21.68–24.61) 21.62 (20.42–22.9) 20.78 (19.21–22.48) 20.47 (19.27–21.75) 18.66 (17.13–20.33) 20.33 (18.28–22.61) 20.03 (18.14–22.13)
Q2 23.08 (22.18–24.02) 24.13 (22.68–25.67) 24.09 (22.61–25.68) 22.76 (21.77–23.79) 23 (21.52–24.58) 23.24 (21.85–24.72) 20.36 (18.79–22.07) 22.09 (20.07–24.32) 21.72 (19.79–23.83)
Q3 24.4 (23.57–25.24) 25.1 (24.08–26.18) 25.13 (23.94–26.37) 24.06 (22.59–25.63) 24.6 (22.84–26.49) 24.81 (22.88–26.91) 22.38 (20.5–24.43) 22.92 (20.15–26.07) 23.27 (20.4–26.55)
Q4 24.08 (23.1–25.11) 24.56 (23.33–25.86) 24.97 (23.67–26.34) 21.7 (20.31–23.18) 22.64 (21.37–24) 23.3 (21.8–24.9) 22.83 (20.83–25.03) 22.17 (19.2–25.6) 22.73 (19.26–26.82)
P value 0.006 0.34 0.10 0.044 0.022  < 0.001 0.010 0.48 0.23
Mirex (ng/g)
Q1 23.74 (22.73–24.8) 24.87 (23.21–26.66) 24.95 (23.19–26.83) 23.87 (22.81–24.99) 24.43 (22.75–26.24) 24.54 (23.03–26.15) 21.45 (20.29–22.66) 24.17 (21.82–26.78) 24.43 (21.67–27.54)
Q2 22.39 (21.92–22.87) 23.44 (22.22–24.72) 23.53 (22.31–24.82) 21.25 (20.11–22.45) 21.62 (19.85–23.55) 21.85 (20.03–23.83) 17.9 (16.81–19.07) 19.84 (18.17–21.66) 20.03 (18.22–22.02)
Q3 23.41 (22.42–24.44) 23.75 (22.6–24.96) 23.91 (22.71–25.17) 22.73 (21.42–24.13) 22.3 (21.01–23.68) 22.58 (21.3–23.94) 23.15 (21.49–24.94) 23.3 (21.28–25.51) 23.11 (20.92–25.52)
Q4 24.7 (23.93–25.49) 24.85 (23.95–25.79) 24.6 (23.63–25.61) 22.64 (21.36–24) 22.34 (21.12–23.63) 22.43 (21.13–23.81) 21.51 (18.71–24.73) 20.6 (17.83–23.81) 20.56 (17.67–23.93)
P value  < 0.001 0.10 0.19 0.007 0.006 0.003  < 0.001  < 0.001 0.001

Model 1: Non-adjusted. Model 2: Adjusted for age, sex, race. Model 3: Adjusted for model 2 and 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.

AST aspartate transaminase, ALT alanine transaminase, GGT gamma-glutamyl transferase, CI confidence interval.