The relationship between dioxins and salivary steroid hormones in Vietnamese primiparae

Table 2 Comparison of dioxin levels in breast milk between the two areas

Congener	Hot spot (n = 16)	Non-exposed area (n = 9)	p value
PCDD congeners (pg/g lipid)
2,3,7,8-TeCDD	2.1 (1.3–2.6)	1.0 (0.7–1.2)	<0.0001^a
1,2,3,7,8-PeCDD	5.7 (3.8–7.8)	1.8 (1.6–2.0)	<0.0001^a
1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDD	2.5 (2.0–3.3)	0.8 (0.6–1.0)	<0.0001^a
1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDD	10.0 (7.7–11.3)	1.6 (1.5–2.2)	<0.0001^a
1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDD	3.4 (2.7–4.3)	0.9 (0.6–1.1)	<0.0001^a
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDD	17.1 (12.6–19.8)	2.9 (2.5–3.7)	<0.0001^b
OCDD	80.9 (52.4–101)	14.8 (11.5–17.0)	<0.0001^b
PCDF congeners (pg/g lipid)
2,3,7,8-TeCDF	0.7 (0.5–0.9)	0.8 (0.5–1.0)	0.36^a
1,2,3,7,8-PeCDF	2.4 (1.4–3.2)	0.5 (0.3–0.7)	<0.0001^a
2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF	7.6 (6.5–9.8)	3.9 (3.6–5.0)	<0.0001^a
1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDF	18.7 (15.6–23.9)	2.3 (2.0–3.2)	<0.0001^a
1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDF	10.6 (8.6–14.8)	1.8 (1.6–3.2)	<0.0001^a
1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDF	0.5 (0.3–0.7)	0.14 (0.11–0.16)	<0.0001^a
2,3,4,6,7,8-HxCDF	1.7 (1.4–2.0)	0.6 (0.5–1.1)	<0.0001^a
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDF	19.8 (11.5–26.5)	2.0 (1.4–3.1)	<0.0001^b
1,2,3,4,7,8,9-HpCDF	2.1 (1.2–2.6)	0.2 (0.1–0.3)	<0.0001^a
OCDF	1.3 (0.4–3.1)	0.3 (0.2–0.5)	0.005^b
TEQs (pg/g lipid)
PCDDs TEQ	9.7 (6.4–12.6)	3.3 (2.6–3.6)	<0.001^b
PCDFs TEQ	5.8 (4.8–7.4)	1.9 (1.6–2.3)	<0.001^a
PCDDs + PCDFs TEQ	16.1 (12.5–18.4)	5.2 (4.2–6.0)	<0.001^a

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