Table 6

Results of logistic regression analysis(PCQ blood levelas an objective variable)

Explanatory variables which showed less than 0.10 level of significance when PCQ blood level (2 categories) and the factors selected by the principal components analysis were used as objective variables and explanatory variables, respectively.


Explanatory variables

β

Standard deviation

Wald

Significance probability

Exp (B)


1

2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF blood level

0.040

0.010

16.276

0.00005**

1.041

2

Tooth pigmentation

6.737

2.073

10.564

0.00115**

843.324

3

Arthralgia

-3.082

1.138

7.337

0.00675**

0.046

4

γ-GTP (increase)

-0.065

0.024

7.132

0.00757**

0.937

5

Total bilirubin (decrease)

3.282

1.384

5.626

0.01769**

26.621

6

Cheesy secretion from meibomian glands

-7.612

3.230

5.554

0.01844**

0.000

7

General fatigue

2.983

1.273

5.497

0.01905**

19.756

8

Total cholesterol (increase)

0.042

0.018

5.260

0.02182**

1.043

9

Pigmentation (toe nails)

-3.974

1.906

4.348

0.03705**

0.019

10

Gender (female)

-2.227

1.111

4.015

0.04509**

0.108

11

Pigmentation of the right buccal mucosa (band-like)

-7.584

3.846

3.889

0.04860**

0.001

12

Acneform eruptions (other sites)

8.124

4.436

3.354

0.06705*

3372.941

13

Headache

-1.901

1.116

2.903

0.08842*

0.149


Explanatory variables which showed less than 0.10 level of significance when 2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF blood level was excluded from the explanatory variables in the above analysis


Explanatory variables

β

Standard deviation

Wald

Significance probability

Exp (B)


1

Past history of pigmentation

3.117

0.989

9.932

0.00162**

22.588

2

Tooth pigmentation

3.929

1.260

9.727

0.00182**

50.869

3

PCB blood level

0.437

0.156

7.842

0.00510**

1.547

4

Acneform eruptions (trunk)

-3.260

1.297

6.318

0.01195**

0.038

5

Abdominal pain

-1.779

0.781

5.184

0.02280**

0.169

6

Pigmentation (face)

4.678

2.105

4.937

0.02629**

107.516

7

Total cholesterol (increase)

0.021

0.010

4.310

0.03790**

1.021

8

Acneform eruptions (other sites)

3.613

2.003

3.252

0.07132*

37.059

9

Pigmentation of the upper lip (patchy)

3.161

1.830

2.984

0.08407*

23.590

10

γ-GTP (increase)

-0.021

0.013

2.721

0.09901*

0.980


* P < 0.10, ** P < 0.05

Kanagawa et al. Environmental Health 2008 7:47   doi:10.1186/1476-069X-7-47

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