Table 3 |
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Outcome variables (median and 5–95% range) among 189 Swedish fishermen, depending on exposure to MeHg and CB-153. |
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MeHg/CB-153 |
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Low/low (n = 56) |
High/low (n = 34) |
Low/High (n = 35) |
High/high (n = 55) |
RERI (95% CI)a |
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Exposure |
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MeHg (μg/L) |
1.07 (0.33–2.10) |
3.64 (2.46–7.03) |
1.59 (0.35–2.19) |
4.01 (2.35–11.10) |
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CB-153 (ng/g lipid) |
115 (45–180) |
126 (76–191) |
241 (200–431) |
317 (203–861) |
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Outcome |
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A+B motile (%) |
65 (24–87) |
59 (25–83) |
59 (21–80) |
57 (12–80) |
0.23 (-1.21, 0.94) |
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Sperm concentration (10^6/ml) |
46 (6–195) |
48 (10–146) |
55 (16–125) |
49 (12–192) |
-0.99 (-4.28, 0.67) |
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Total sperm count (× 10^6) |
160 (14–591) |
125 (26–342) |
127 (15–500) |
133 (29–473) |
0.36 (-1.02, 1.11) |
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Semen volume (ml) |
3.5 (0.9–5.8) |
3.3 (0.8–6.2) |
2.6 (0.9–7.3) |
2.8 (1.1–6.8) |
0.40 (-0.58. 0.94) |
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DFI (%) |
13 (4–44) |
15 (6–39) |
16 (7–39) |
20 (7–38) |
0.32 (-2.47, 3.54) |
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HDS (%) |
8 (4–24) |
9 (4–22) |
9 (3–29) |
7 (4–26) |
-0.74 (-4.02, 0.47) |
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Y-chromosome bearing sperms (%) |
50.9 (48.2–54.6) |
51.2 (49.3–54.1) |
51.4 (49.9–53.6) |
51.4 (48.8–53.9) |
-1.54 (-8.99, 2.04) |
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a Age adjusted RERI (relative excess risk due to interaction) with 95% confidence intervals estimated using the bootstrap percentile 1 method. Unless otherwise noted, no pairwise comparison reached statistical significance. |
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Rignell-Hydbom et al. Environmental Health 2007 6:14 doi:10.1186/1476-069X-6-14 |
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