Skip to main content

Table 4 Comparison of serum concentration of OH-PCBs, PCBs and age between primiparous and multiparous subjects

From: Serum levels of hydroxylated PCBs, PCBs and thyroid hormone measures of Japanese pregnant women

 

Primiparous (n)

Multiparous (n)

p*

Age (years)

61

33.4 (5.6)

66

34.2 (4.4)

0.368

ΣOH-PCBs_16 isomers (pg/g wet wt.)

61

160 (1.5)

66

100 (1.6)

<0.001

ΣPCBs_29 isomers (ng/g lipid wt.)

59

87 (1.4)

66

55 (1.6)

<0.001

  1. Arithmetic mean and arithmetic SD for age, and geometric mean and GSD in the parenthesis for OH-PCBs and PCBs concentration
  2. * t test. Log-transformed concentration of PCB and OH-PCB was used for comparison