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

Table 7 An example of the result of multiple regression analysis

Dependent variable	fT4
Dependent variable	Standardized β	95 % CI	p
ΣOH-PCBs_16 isomers	0.059	−0.046, 0.078	0.613
Parity	−0.104	−0.085, 0.030	0.346
Urinary iodine	−0.082	−0.033, 0.014	0.406
Age	−0.051	−0.007, 0.004	0.406
Smoking before pregnancy	−0.019	−0.082, 0.067	0.841
Maternal weight before pregnancy	−0.004	−0.210, 0.202	0.968
Coefficient of determination R²	0.030

Models adjusted for maternal age, maternal weight before pregnancy, urinary I, smoking before pregnancy and parity
OH-PCBs, PCBs, fT4, TSH, urinary iodine and maternal weight were log-transformed for analysis

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