Table 6

Multiple correlation coefficients (R) and estimated standerdised slopes (β) by multiple regression analysis

		Adjusted R²		Standardised slope (β)
				Area				Employment duration at plant		Age	Brinkman index	BMI
				B/A	C/A			11–20 y/ control	21–29 y/ control	Age	Brinkman index	BMI
TCDD	0.169	−0.016	−0.096		0.188	0.269^6-150	0.222	−0.080	0.419^6-160
PeCDD	0.040	0.210	0.070		0.031	0.029	0.247	−0.070	0.245
HxCDD	0.427	0.652^6-165	0.522^6-160		−0.014	0.027	−0.069	−0.063	0.210
HpCDD	0.385	0.332^6-150	0.306^6-150		0.067	0.065	0.182	−0.468^6-165	0.375^6-160
OCDD	0.103	0.274	0.104		−0.018	0.025	0.041	−0.135	0.343^6-150
TCDF	0.105	−0.435^6-160	−0.431^6-150		0.058	0.122	0.072	−0.108	0.120
PeCDF	0.012	0.144	0.063		0.038	0.121	0.208	−0.044	0.251
HxCDF	0.016	−0.031	0.125		0.067	0.252	0.266	−0.015	−0.013
HpCDF	0.462	−0.322^6-150	−0.023		0.420^6-165	0.624^6-165	0.070	−0.089	−0.029
OCDF	0.214	−0.341^6-150	−0.182		0.143	0.434^6-160	0.147	−0.134	0.018
TEQ-PCDD	0.189	0.400^6-150	0.267		0.029	0.080	0.104	−0.114	0.351^6-160
TEQ-PCDF	−0.002	0.138	0.096		0.044	0.135	0.234	−0.016	0.208
TEQ-PCDD/PCDF	0.109	0.317	0.212		0.030	0.109	0.171	−0.076	0.317^6-150

B/A (B=1, others=0), C/A (C=1, others=0), 11–20 years/control (11–20 years=1, others=0) and 21–29 years/control (21–29 years=1, others=0) are dummy variables.
↵6-150 p<0.05;
↵6-160 p<0.01;
↵6-165 p<0.001.