Organochlorine pesticide level in patients with chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology and its association with renal function

Table 3 Spearman’s correlation coefficient between OCP levels, eGFR, and urinary albumin excretion of CKD patients

OCPs (ppb)		Correlation coefficient (ρ) in CKDk patients	Correlation coefficient (ρ) in CKDu patients
α-HCH	eGFR	−0.11	−0.152
α-HCH	UAE	0.103	0.132
β-HCH	eGFR	−0.145	−0.162
β-HCH	UAE	0.163	0.156
γ-HCH	eGFR	−0.151*	−0.199*
γ-HCH	UAE	0.251*	0.269*
Aldrin	eGFR	−0.123	−0.194*
Aldrin	UAE	0.143	0.204*
Dieldrin	eGFR	−0.111	−0.129
Dieldrin	UAE	0.159	0.164
α-endosulfan	eGFR	−0.132	−0.163
α-endosulfan	UAE	0.152	0.145
β-endosulfan	eGFR	−0.174	−0.201*
β-endosulfan	UAE	0.158	0.216*
p, p′-DDT	eGFR	−0.162	−0.123
p, p′-DDT	UAE	0.172	0.168
p, p′-DDE	eGFR	−0.222*	−0.284*
p, p′-DDE	UAE	0.259*	0.256*

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