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Table 3 Association between serum concentrations of organochlorine pesticides and diabetes mellitus

From: Diabetes mellitus and serum organochlorine pesticides mixtures in Mexican women

Pesticide

(ng/g)

Diabetes mellitus

OR (95%CI) a

All sample

(214 cases/694 control)

Excluding hypertensive women

(97 cases/548 control)

p, p’,DDT

1.25 (1.04, 1.52)

1.42 (1.08, 1.85)

 o, p’,DDT

0.97 (0.79, 1.20)

1.10 (0.83, 1.46)

 p, p’,DDE

1.75 (1.43, 2.14)

1.70 (1.28, 2.45)

 o, p’,DDE

1.28 (1.09, 1.50)

1.43 (1.13, 1.81)

 p, p’,DDD

1.08 (0.92, 1.27)

1.03 (0.81, 1.31)

 o, p’,DDD

1.05 (0.90, 1.22)

1.03 (0.83, 1.28)

HCB

1.59 (1.34, 1.89)

1.76 (1.36, 2.28)

α-HCH

0.87 (0.70, 1.09)

1.04 (0.77, 1.40)

β-HCH

0.98 (0.85, 1.13)

0.95 (0.77, 1.17)

γ-HCH

0.94 (0.78, 1.17)

0.99 (0.74, 1.32)

Trans nonachlor

1.52 (1.29, 1.81)

1.57 (1.24, 1.98)

Cis nonachlor

1.06 (0.90, 1.26)

1.17 (0.93, 1.48)

Trans chlordane

0.96 (0.81, 1.15)

1.06 (0.84, 1.35)

Cis chlordane

1.11 (0.92, 1.34)

1.26 (0.96, 1.64)

Oxychlordane

1.23 (1.03, 1.48)

1.18 (0.90, 1.54)

α-Endosulfan

1.00 (0.81, 1.23)

1.07 (0.79, 1.45)

β-Endosulfan

0.90 (0.71, 1.15)

0.96 (0.67, 1.34)

Endosulfan sulfate

0.89 (0.71, 1.12)

1.02 (0.74, 1.39)

Dieldrin

1.15 (0.96, 1.38)

1.01 (0.78, 1.32)

Aldrin

1.04 (0.85, 1.28)

1.11 (0.84, 1.47)

Endrin

1.20 (1.01, 1.43)

1.13 (0.89, 1.45)

Heptachlor

1.19 (1.02, 1.39)

1.19 (0.96, 1.48)

Heptachlor epoxide

1.27 (1.08, 1.50)

1.47 (1.17, 1.86)

Mirex

1.03 (0.84, 1.26)

0.98 (0.72, 1.30)

  1. b Adjusted by age, schooling, body mass index, breastfeeding, residency and total serum lipids; Organochlorine pesticides were included as quartiles.
  2. Bold numbers correspond to odds ratios whose coefficient intervals do not cross the null value = 1.