Table 2: Risk estimate of PCB concentration among cases in Demers, et al. study [8].

Pesticide compound

OR

95% CI (fourth vs. first quartile)

PCB 118

1.6

1.01, 2.53

PCB 156

1.8

1.11, 2.94

Mono-ortho congeners (PCB 105, 118, 156 expressed in TEQ*)

2.02

1.24, 3.28

*: 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin toxic equivalents (ng/kg).