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Table 9 Associations between exposure and play behaviour (beta coefficients)

From: Neurobehavioural and cognitive effects of prenatal exposure to organochlorine compounds in three year old children

  

Girls

   

Boys

   
 

girls/boys

N

masculine

play behaviour

feminine play behavior

non-gender specific play behaviour

switching attention

masculine

play behaviour

feminine play behaviour

non-gender specific play behaviour

switching attention

Sum PCB ng/g lipid

47/37

−.247*

−.121

.250*

−.342**

−.269*

−.002

.266*

−.383**

Calux-TEQ pg/g lipid

47/37

−.010

−.162

.313*

.126

−.199

.257

.014

−.244

PCB-118 ng/g lipid

45/39

−.313**

.202

.052

.273

−.326**

−.087

.361**

−.325**

PCB-170 ng/g lipid

47/37

−.031

−.181

.314**

−.035

−.286*

−.096

.278*

.091

HCB ng/g lipid

51/43

−.066

.114

−.100

−.091

−.374**

−.027

.363**

−.163

DDE ng/g lipid

53/43

.307

−.248

−.047

−.041

−.331**

.228

.145

−.006

Sum PCB*HCB

47/37

.066

−.101

.075

.081

−.079

.056

.051

−.106

Sum PCB*DDE

47/37

.103

−.121

.054

−.031

.146

−.034

−.166

.161

  1. Play behaviour: see overview tests in Table 1
  2. PCBs, Calux-TEQ, DDE, HCB: see blood sampling and measurements
  3. Sum PCB*HCB, sum PCB*DDE: see statistical analysis
  4. * = 0.050 ≤ p < 0.10, ** = 0.010 ≤ p < 0.050, *** = 0.001 ≤ p < 0.010