Table 2 Serum concentrations of organochlorine pesticides among diabetic and non-diabetic women

p, p’,DDT

8.70

1.75 (1.36, 2.84)

2.03 (1.61, 2.94)*

1.79 (13.8, 3.00)

2.06 (1.64, 3.06)*

 o, p’,DDT

5.07

16.32 (12.77, 21.43)

19.69 (15.74, 27.66)*

16.52 (13.35, 23.19)

20.05 (16.13, 29.84)*

 p, p’,DDE

98.79

6701.00 (3236.00, 15218.80)*

2917.89 (363.22, 9441.76)

5795.28 (32779.84, 12767.96)*

2231.58 (286.88, 8303.10)

 o, p’,DDE

29.30

1.91 (1.20, 3.88)

1.89 (1.34, 3.79)

2.39 (1.23, 4.43)

1.94 (1.37, 3.79)

 p, p’,DDD

24.12

1.35 (0.94, 2.74)

1.52 (1.11, 2.99)*

1.25 (0.92, 2.74)

1.58 (1.13, 2.99)*

 o, p’,DDD

29.85

1.21 (0.82, 3.00)

1.37 (0.96, 3.01)*

1.17 (0.80, 4.41)

1.41 (0.98, 3.02)

HCB

49.45

198.29 (2.94, 370.55)*

1.67 (0.70, 230.77)

178.83 (2.60, 319.29)*

1.30 (0.69, 196.67)

α-HCH

4.19

1.51 (1.20, 1.94)

1.85 (1.49, 2.55)*

1.55 (1.26, 2.04)

1.88 (1.52, 2.72)*

β-HCH

34.47

3.71 (2.39, 254.15)

4.23 (2.91, 26.03)

3.55 (2.39, 15.49)

4.21 (2.91, 19.51)

γ-HCH

4.96

0.99 (0.77, 1.28)

1.19 (0.95, 1.64)*

1.0 (0.81, 1.31)

1.21 (0.98, 1.79)*

Trans nonachlor

41.30

6.57 (3.22, 9.12)*

4.53 (2.93, 8.19)

6.37 (3.0, 10.14)*

4.41 (2.93, 8.25)

Cis nonachlor

19.71

2.16 (1.59, 4.10)

2.50 (1.87, 4.98)*

2.37 (1.61, 5.33)

2.58 (1.90, 4.98)

Trans chlordane

15.09

1.98 (1.52, 3.24)

2.42 (1.89, 4.43)*

2.03 (1.59, 4.93)

2.48 (1.91, 4.81)*

Cis chlordane

12.56

2.44 (1.93, 4.04)

2.92 (2.33, 4.74)*

2.52 (1.97, 4.40)

2.96 (2.36, 4.84)*

Oxychlordane

8.92

3.78 (2.92, 6.18)

4.32 (3.48, 6.18)*

3.59 (2.90, 6.09)

4.37 (3.51, 6.56)*

α-Endosulfan

4.85

1.54 (1.20, 2.04)

1.85 (1.48, 2.51)*

1.56 (1.25, 2.19)

1.87 (1.51, 2.69)*

β-Endosulfan

0.77

3.35 (2.66, 4.28)

4.02(3.27, 5.35)*

3.41 (2.75, 4.46)

4.10 (3.31, 5.52)*

Endosulfan sulfate

2.64

6.04 (4.78, 7.88)

7.31 (5.93, 9.71)*

6.17 (4.93, 8.13)

7.41 (6.06, 10.19)*

Dieldrin

11.01

6.69 (5.45, 10.67)

7.70 (6.17, 11.76)*

6.38 (5.18, 10.63)

7.84 (6.24, 12.24)

Aldrin

5.18

0.61 (0.48, 0.82)

0.73 (0.59, 1.01)*

0.61 (0.49, 0.94)

0.74 (0.60, 1.07)*

Endrin

19.38

2.51 (1.78, 5.69)

2.81 (2.15, 5.52)*

2.51 (1.83, 5.65)

2.88 (2.17, 5.47)*

Heptachlor

19.38

1.15 (0.84, 2.86)

1.24 (0.96, 2.29)

1.21 (0.82, 3.62)

1.28 (0.98, 2.50)

Heptachlor epoxide

25.77

0.59 (0.39, 1.20)

0.54 (0.40, 1.09)

0.73 (0.41, 1.51)*

0.55 (0.41, 1.07)

Mirex

6.39

1.32 (1.04, 1.76)

1.60 (1.27, 2.30)*

1.32 (1.05, 1.75)

1.63 (1.30, 2.56)*