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Table 4 Pearson's correlation coefficients (r) between quantitative ultrasound bone measurements and plasma organochlorines concentrations (n = 153)

From: Plasma organochlorine concentrations and bone ultrasound measurements: a cross-sectional study in peri-and postmenopausal Inuit women from Greenland

 

BUA (dB/MHz)

SOS (m/sec)

Stiffness index (%)

 

r

p-value

r

p-value

r

p-value

PCB 153 (log)

-0.29

< 0.001

-0.32

< 0.001

-0.33

< 0.001

β-HCH (log)

-0.02

0.784

-0.09

0.252

-0.06

0.427

p, p'-DDE (log)

-0.06

0.479

-0.10

0.236

-0.08

0.306

HCB (log)

-0.17

0.035

-0.26

0.001

-0.23

0.004

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Environmental Health

ISSN: 1476-069X