AMAP Greenland and the Faroe Islands 1997-2001
Positive
Negative
Mercury in
(mother´s hair)
Parity**, mother´s alcohol
consumption during
pregnancy*, mother is Faroese**
Teetotal mother*, father´s school
education, weight gain during
pregnancy*
ß-HCH (in breast
milk)
Maternal age**, mother´s
weight**, BMI**, mother´s
alcohol consumption during
pregnancy**, father´s
profession*, father´s
occupation*, previous
infertility*, complication under
birth**
Weight gain during pregnancy,
teetotalling mother**, mother is
Faroese**, weight gain during
pregnancy*, OOS**
HCB
(in breast milk)
Maternal age**, mother´s
weight**, BMI**, father´s
profession*, mother is Faroese*,
parity**, complication under
birth*
Father´s school education, weight
gain during pregnancy**, OOS*
S PCB
(in breast milk)
Maternal age**, parity**,
father´s profession**, mother is
Faroese**, previous infertility**,
complication under birth*
Father´s school education**, weight
gain during pregnancy**, OOS*
4,4´-DDT
(in breast milk)
Maternal age**, mother´s
weight**, BMI**, father´s
profession**, father´s
occupation**, mother is
Faroese**, parity**,
complication under birth*
Weight gain during pregnancy**
4,4´-DDE
(in breast milk)
maternal age**, mother´s
weight*, BMI**, parity**,
father´s profession**, mother is
Faroese**, previous infertility*,
complication under birth*
Father´s school education**, weight
gain during pregnancy*, OOS*
Trans-nonachlor
(in breast milk)
Maternal age**, parity**,
father´s profession*, mother is
Faroese**, previous infertility**
Father´s school education**, weight
gain during pregnancy*, OOS**
Musk xylene
(in breast milk)
Mother´s weight**, BMI**
**: Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (two-tailed).
* : Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (two-tailed).
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