Persistent organic pollutants in meat, liver, tallow and bone marrow from semi-domesticated reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus L.) in Northern Norway

Table 2 Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) correlations between meat, liver, tallow and bone marrow from reindeer

PCB congener	Correlation coefficient (p-value) n.s,, *
	Meat-liver	Meat-tallow	Meat-bone marrow	Liver–tallow	Liver–bone marrow	Tallow–bone marrow
PCB 99	0.69**	0.34^n.s	0.16 ^n.s	0.54**	0.37 ^n.s	0.45
PCB 105	0.50**	0.60**	0.38 ^n.s	0.82**	0.61**	0.68**
PCB 138	0.55**	0.47*	0.22 ^n.s	0.63**	0.63**	0.57*
PCB 153	0.69**	0.69**	0.30 ^n.s	0.86**	0.41 ^n.s	0.41 ^n.s
PCB 156	--	-0.19 ^n.s	-0.54*	--	--	0.32 ^n.s

Legend: (−−)= The correlation was not calculated in cases where at least one of the correlation components had less than 50% of samples with concentrations above the limit of detection (LOD). Levels of statistical significance: n.s = not significant, *= 0.01< p <0.05, **= p< 0.01.

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