Table 5

 Crude and adjusted associations of serum total DDT with any long menstrual cycle (>40 days) in the year before

Exposuresn (%)Long cycle
Crude OR (95% CI)Adjusted* OR (95% CI)
*Adjusted for age, age squared, BMI, education, passive smoke exposure.
DDT (ng/g)
    1st quartile (low) (n = 116)13 (11.2)1.00 (reference)1.00 (reference)
    2nd quartile (n = 117)7 (6.0)0.50 (0.19 to 1.31)0.50 (0.19 to 1.36)
    3rd quartile (n = 117)15 (12.8)1.16 (0.53 to 2.57)1.06 (0.45 to 2.48)
    4th quartile (high) (n = 116)6 (5.2)0.43 (0.16 to 1.18)0.49 (0.17 to 1.41)
    Trend (n = 466)p = 0.34p = 0.46
Linear DDT (per 10 ng/g)41 (8.8)0.91 (0.75 to 1.10)0.92 (0.74 to 1.14)