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Table 3 Association between metal objects and blood chromium/cobalt, stratified by sex

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

Blood chromium

 Men

  β (95% CI)

0.027 (-0.015, 0.070)

0.034 (-0.010, 0.078)

0.025 (-0.019, 0.070)

  p

0.210

0.131

0.263

 Women

  β (95% CI)

0.118 (0.081, 0.155)

0.114 (0.076, 0.153)

0.112 (0.074, 0.151)

  p

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

Blood cobalt

 Men

  β (95% CI)

0.123 (0.091, 0.155)

0.106 (0.073, 0.139)

0.102 (0.069, 0.136)

  p

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

 Women

  β (95% CI)

0.067 (0.020, 0.113)

0.061 (0.012, 0.109)

0.054 (0.005, 0.103)

  p

0.005

0.014

0.031

  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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