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Table 4 Intraclass correlation coefficients (95% confidence intervals) for organochlorine concentrations (ng/g) in serum

From: Serum and follicular fluid organochlorine concentrations among women undergoing assisted reproduction technologies

 

Wet-weight concentrations

Lipid-standardized

 

All samples; n = 266

Excluding baseline; n = 178

All samples; n = 173

Excluding baseline; n = 105

HCB

0.95 (0.93, 0.96)

0.97 (0.95, 0.98)

0.95 (0.92, 0.97)

0.97 (0.95, 0.98)

Oxychlordane

0.85 (0.80, 0.90)

0.91 (0.86, 0.94)

0.90 (0.85, 0.93)

0.93 (0.88, 0.96)

Transnonachlor

0.88 (0.83, 0.91)

0.94 (0.92, 0.96)

0.95 (0.92, 0.97)

0.94 (0.90, 0.97)

Mirex

0.88 (0.83, 0.91)

0.95 (0.93, 0.97)

0.90 (0.85, 0.93)

0.95 (0.92, 0.97)

p,p'-DDE

0.98 (0.97, 0.99)

0.98 (0.97, 0.99)

0.98 (0.97, 0.99)

0.98 (0.97, 0.99)

p,p'-DDT

0.93 (0.91, 0.95)

0.96 (0.95, 0.98)

0.95 (0.92, 0.97)

0.96 (0.92, 0.98)

PCB 118

0.92 (0.89, 0.94)

0.97 (0.96, 0.98)

0.97 (0.95, 0.98)

0.97 (0.95, 0.99)

PCB 138

0.91 (0.87, 0.93)

0.96 (0.94, 0.97)

0.96 (0.94, 0.98)

0.97 (0.95, 0.98)

PCB 153

0.91 (0.88, 0.94)

0.96 (0.93, 0.97)

0.97 (0.95, 0.98)

0.97 (0.94, 0.98)

PCB 180

0.91 (0.87, 0.93)

0.95 (0.93, 0.97)

0.96 (0.94, 0.97)

0.97 (0.95, 0.98)

Sum PCB

0.83 (0.77, 0.88)

0.92 (0.89, 0.95)

0.88 (0.83, 0.92)

0.93 (0.88, 0.96)

Cholesterolb

0.58 (0.43, 0.71)

0.67 (0.49, 0.82)

  

Triglyceridesb

0.85 (0.78, 0.90)

0.86 (0.77, 0.92)

  

Total lipidsb

0.78 (0.69, 0.86)

0.83 (0.71, 0.90)

  
  1. n = 265 serum samples from 110 women.
  2. avalues transformed by the natural logarithm.
  3. bcholesterol, triglycerides, and total lipids only available for 173 samples.