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Table 2 Spearman correlation coefficients (r) for correlations between biological parameters

From: Assessment of pesticides in surface water samples from Swedish agricultural areas by integrated bioanalysis and chemical analysis

All samples

ER

AhR

Nrf2

ER

r = 1.0

n = 120

r = 0.43

p < 0.0001

n = 119

r = − 0.04

p = 0.70

n = 92

AhR

 

r = 1.0

n = 156

r = 0.22

p = 0.0159

n = 124

Nrf2

  

r = 1.0

n = 125

Time-integrated samples

 ER

r = 1.0

n = 109

r = 0.43

p < 0.0001

n = 108

r = − 0.03

p = 0.80

n = 84

 AhR

 

r = 1.0

n = 136

r = 0.05

p = 0.58

n = 108

 Nrf2

  

r = 1.0

n = 109

Flow-proportional samples

 ER

r = 1.0

n = 11

r = 0.11

p = 0.75

n = 11

r = − 0.19

p = 0.65

n = 8

 AhR

 

r = 1.0

n = 20

r = 0.94

p < 0.0001

n = 16

 Nrf2

  

r = 1.0

n = 16

  1. p values < 0.05 were considered as statistically significant and highlighted in italic