Multiple correlation coefficients (R) and estimated standardised slope (β) by multiple regression analysis
| Standardised slope (β) (95% CI) | |||||||
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| Area | |||||||
| Adjusted R2 | II/I | III/I | Age | Occupational exposure index | Smoking index | BMI | |
| *p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001. II/I (area II=1, others areas=0) and III/I (area III=1, other areas=0) are dummy variables. | |||||||
| TCDD | 0.357 | 0.07 (−0.27 to 0.42) | 0.26 (−0.18 to 0.69) | 0.59 (0.29 to 0.88)*** | −0.02 (−0.38 to 0.33) | 0.07 (−0.25 to 0.40) | 0.16 (−0.14 to 0.47) |
| PeCDD | 0.344 | 0.18 (−0.18 to 0.53) | 0.44 (0.01 to 0.86)* | 0.51 (0.21 to 0.81)** | −0.02 (−0.36 to 0.32) | 0.22 (−0.11 to 0.54) | 0.19 (−0.11 to 0.49) |
| HxCDD | 0.388 | 0.50 (0.11 to 0.88)* | 0.63 (0.26 to 0.99)** | 0.24 (−0.04 to 0.53) | 0.06 (−0.27 to 0.39) | 0.23 (−0.09 to 0.55) | 0.41 (0.12 to 0.70)** |
| HpCDD | 0.425 | −0.13 (−0.50 to 0.25) | −0.05 (−0.40 to 0.29) | 0.20 (−0.08 to 0.47) | 0.45 (0.12 to 0.78)* | −0.12 (−0.43 to 0.18) | 0.55 (0.27 to 0.84)*** |
| OCDD | 0.330 | 0.15 (−0.25 to 0.56) | 0.29 (−0.08 to 0.67) | 0.30 (0.00 to 0.60)* | −0.05 (−0.42 to 031) | 0.10 (−0.23 to 0.43) | 0.51 (0.21 to 0.82)** |
| TCDF | 0.367 | −0.14 (−0.50 to 0.22) | 0.23 (−0.17 to 0.63) | 0.36 (0.07 to 0.66)* | 0.10 (−0.21 to 0.42) | −0.33 (−0.65 to 0.00)* | 0.04 (−0.25 to 0.33) |
| PeCDF | 0.449 | 0.25 (−0.11 to 0.60) | 0.29 (−0.06 to 0.64) | 0.51 (0.24 to 0.78)*** | 0.31 (0.01 to 0.61)* | 0.06 (−0.24 to 0.36) | 0.04 (−0.24 to 0.31) |
| HxCDF | 0.598 | 0.30 (−0.01 to 0.61) | 0.20 (−0.10 to 0.50) | 0.16 (−0.08 to 0.39) | 0.62 (0.36 to 0.89)*** | 0.05 (−0.21 to 0.30) | 0.14 (−0.09 to 0.38) |
| HpCDF | 0.722 | 0.19 (−0.07 to 0.45) | 0.16 (−0.09 to 0.40) | −0.02 (−0.21 to 0.18) | 0.78 (0.55 to 1.00)*** | 0.18 (−0.03 to 0.39) | 0.13 (−0.07 to 0.33) |
| OCDF | 0.428 | 0.26 (−0.12 to 0.63) | 0.22 (−0.13 to 0.56) | 0.26 (−0.02 to 0.53) | 0.42 (0.09 to 0.75)* | 0.36 (0.05 to 0.66)* | 0.23 (−0.05 to 0.51) |
| TEQ-PCDD | 0.364 | 0.22 (−0.17 to 0.61) | 0.45 (0.07 to 0.83)* | 0.49 (0.19 to 0.78)** | 0.07 (−0.26 to 0.40) | 0.21 (−0.11 to 0.53) | 0.29 (−0.01 to 0.58) |
| TEQ-PCDF | 0.501 | 0.28 (−0.07 to 0.62) | 0.30 (−0.03 to 0.63) | 0.43 (0.17 to 0.69)** | 0.43 (0.14 to 0.73)** | 0.09 (−0.20 to 0.37) | 0.08 (−0.19 to 0.34) |
| TEQ-PCDD/PCDF | 0.413 | 0.26 (−0.11 to 0.63) | 0.37 (0.01 to 0.73)* | 0.48 (0.20 to 0.76)** | 0.28 (−0.03 to 0.60) | 0.15 (−0.16 to 0.45) | 0.17 (−0.11 to 0.46) |