Table 2.
Association between uranium and cerebrovascular diseases mortality assessed by Cox proportional hazards model.
| Model I (unadjusted) | Model II (adjusted) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR (95%CI) | P | HR (95%CI) | P | |
| Ba | 0.0240 (0.0236–0.0244) | .0830 | 0.0813 (0.0799–0.0827) | .1964 |
| Cd | 4.3487 (4.2859–4.4124) | .3369 | 0.1994 (0.1958–0.2030) | .4262 |
| Co | 0.0744 (0.0723–0.0766) | .3402 | 0.0753 (0.0733–0.0774) | .2841 |
| Cs | 5.0092 (4.8582–5.1650) | .6136 | 14.2465 (13.7777–14.7313) | .5123 |
| Mo | 48.3150 (47.1103–49.5506) | .2059 | 52.9133 (51.5953–54.2650) | .1838 |
| Pb | 94.6918 (92.6215–96.8084) | .0124 | 10.8329 (10.5574–11.1155) | .2570 |
| Sb | 0.0446 (0.0439–0.0453) | .1270 | 0.2636 (0.2592–0.2680) | .5353 |
| Tl | 0.1959 (0.1913–0.2005) | .5632 | 1.9818 (1.9359–2.0289) | .7976 |
| W | 0.7086 (0.6980–0.7194) | .8164 | 0.7136 (0.7025–0.7250) | .8157 |
| U | 20.4243 (20.1347–20.7181) | .0266 | 26.4768 (26.0891–26.8702) | .0184 |
Note: Model II was adjusted for age, gender, race, educational level, smoking habits, alcohol intake, diabetes, hypertension, etc.