[ 196 ] reported strong and highly significant associations, among participants in the NAHNES study, between serum concentrations of persistent organic pollutants and the prevalence of diabetes, with high Odds ratio's ( Table 5 ) after correction for age, sex, race and ethnicity, poverty, income, BMI, and waist circumference.
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Endocrine-disrupting chemicals: associated disorders and mechanisms of action.
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Although both PBDE-99 and PBDE-100 tended to show inverted U-shaped associations similar with PBDE-153, they failed to reach statistical significance.
Borderline significant increased risks for diabetes were observed in relation to DEHP metabolites except MEHP in contrast to the decreased risk that resulted with MBzP concentration [ 200 ].