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Table 2 Association between metal objects and blood chromium/cobalt

From: Accumulation of blood chromium and cobalt in the participants with metal objects: findings from the 2015 to 2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)

 

Unadjusted model

Minimally adjusted model

Fully adjusted model

Without metal objects

Reference

Reference

Reference

With metal objects

 Blood chromium

  β (95% CI)

0.074 (0.046, 0.102)

0.076 (0.047, 0.105)

0.072 (0.043, 0.102)

  p

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

 Blood cobalt

  β (95% CI)

0.093 (0.064, 0.121)

0.083 (0.053, 0.113)

0.079 (0.049, 0.109)

  p

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

  1. Unadjusted model: no covariates were adjusted
  2. Minimally adjusted model: age, sex, body mass index, and race were adjusted
  3. Fully adjusted model: age, sex, body mass index, race, data collection years, education level, marital status, income to poverty ratio, smoking behavior, body mass index, serum hemoglobin, tap water intake, shellfish intake, fish intake, tuna intake, and salmon intake were adjusted
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