Table 1.

Distribution of blood and urine cadmium concentrations measured on the day of oocyte collection in female patients and their male partners; the Study of Metals and Assisted Reproductive Technologies (SMART)

	n	Mean	SD	Min	Median	Max	r a
Female patients
Blood cadmium (μg/L)	50	0.40	0.51	0.08	0.27	3.60	0.47 **
Urine cadmium (μg/g creatinine)	55	0.30	0.17	0.04	0.30	0.98
Male partners
Blood cadmium (μg/L)	33	0.23	0.19	0.05	0.18	0.97	0.17
Urine cadmium (μg/g creatinine)	36	0.15	0.11	−0.07	0.13	0.51

^aCorrelation coefficients for blood cadmium and urine cadmium

Max, maximum value; Min, minimum value; SD, standard deviation ^** P ≤ 0.10