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Table 5 Effects of sex and dioxin type on Children’s Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ) scores

From: Sex-specific effects of perinatal dioxin exposure on eating behavior in 3-year-old Vietnamese children

CEBQ

Main effects and interaction

df

Mean SS

F-value

P-value

EF

Sex (Girls/Boys)

1

0.292

0.312

0.577

TEQ-PCDDs/Fs (High/Low)

1

2.649

2.832

0.094

Sex * TEQ-PCDDs/Fs

1

0.163

0.175

0.676

Sex (Girls/Boys)

1

0.056

0.061

0.806

TEQ-PCDFs (High/Low)

1

6.388

6.983

0.009

Sex * TEQ-PCDFs

1

0.007

0.007

0.932

DD

Sex (Girls/Boys)

1

1.397

1.664

0.199

TEQ-PCDDs/Fs (High/Low)

1

2.047

2.438

0.120

Sex * TEQ-PCDDs/Fs

1

2.047

2.438

0.120

Sex (Girls/Boys)

1

1.917

2.325

0.129

TEQ-PCDFs (High/Low)

1

2.413

2.927

0.089

Sex * TEQ-PCDFs

1

4.037

4.897

0.028

  1. The general linear model was adjusted for the following covariates: Location, maternal age, parity, maternal body mass index, maternal education, family income, gestational weeks at birth, and children’s age at the time of the survey
  2. DD desire to drink, df degrees of freedom, EF enjoyment of food, PCDD polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin, PCDF polychlorinated dibenzofuran, SS sum of squares, TEQ toxic equivalency
  3. The cutoff value of TEQ-PCDFs for high- and low-exposure groups was 7.6 pg-TEQ/g lipid (75th percentile)
  4. The cutoff value of TEQ-PCDDs/Fs for high- and low-exposure groups was 17.8 pg-TEQ/g lipid (75th percentile)