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Table 5 Past symptoms with independently low relationship with low PeCDF level (< 50 pg/g lipid)

From: Twenty-year changes of penta-chlorodibenzofuran (PeCDF) level and symptoms in Yusho patients, using association analysis

Symptoms

Rate of patients with symptom

Rate of patients with high PeCDF

Z score

PCB pattern (C)

0.182

0.855

4.937

Smoking state (+)

0.169

0.667

2.623

Albumin (high)

0.046

0.786

2.019

Inferior gingival pigmentation (brown)

0.162

0.612

1.968

Blood glucose (low)

0.033

0.800

1.771

Total bilirubin (high)

0.119

0.611

1.659