Low dose of some persistent organic pollutants predicts type 2 diabetes: a nested case-control study.

Environ Health Perspect · 2010 · PMC2944083 · PMID 20444671

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failed to reach statistical significanceno p-value reported

(2006b , 2007c) showed that 8 POPs ( trans -nonachlor, oxychlordane, PCB74, PCB153, PCB170, PCB180, PCB187, and BB153) had the highest risk in the second quartile, although most failed to reach statistical significance in individual analyses.

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borderline significantno p-value reported

Given the small sample size, we considered p < 0.05 as significant and p < 0.1 as borderline significant.

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marginally significantno p-value reported

On the other hand, we found marginally significant trends for PCB105, PCB194, PCB195, PCB196–203, and PCB209.

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