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. 2024 Mar 5;12:1336188. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1336188

Table 3.

Associations between single metals and PE.

Metals (μg/L) Mild PE Severe PE
OR (95%CI) P-value OR (95%CI) P-value
Zn
Low (<6111.84) 1.00 1.00
High (≥6111.84) 6.66(1.82,24.40) 0.004 0.53(0.15,1.89) 0.325
Mn
Low (<4991.59) 1.00 1.00
High (≥4991.59) 5.03(1.23,20.61) 0.025 40.39(6.97,234.06) 0.000
Ni
Low (<3804.87) 1.00 1.00
High (≥3804.87) 9.86E+08(2.10E+08,4.63E+09) 0.000 3.53E+09(3.53E+09,3.53E+09)
Cu
Low (<1926.55) 1.00 1.00
High (≥1926.55) 34.96(3.94,310.61) 0.001 227.64(19.06,2718.40) 0.000
Pb
Low (<165.15) 1.00 1.00
High (≥165.15) 7.07(1.53,32.72) 0.012 334.13(24.27,4601.10) 0.000
As
Low (<12.40) 1.00 1.00
High (≥12.40) 2.50(0.72,8.68) 0.148 15.79(3.51,70.98) 0.000
Cd
Low (<6.55) 1.00 1.00
High (≥6.55) 24.16(3.84,151.82) 0.001 0.08(0.01,0.47) 0.005
Hg
Low (<6.58) 1.00 1.00
High (≥6.58) 11.33(2.13,60.19) 0.004 278.87(24.38,3189.41) 0.000
Overall score
Low (<21.00) 1.00 1.00
High (≥21.00) 11.00(2.71,44.66) 0.001 19.99(4.20,95.21) 0.000

Adjusted for maternal education and gestational age.