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. 2011 Sep 5;10:77. doi: 10.1186/1476-069X-10-77

Table 2.

Mean urinary cadmium and renal biomarker values

Mean (95% CI)
Cadmium, μg/l† 0.80 (0.73 - 0.88)
Cadmium/creatinine, μg/g creat† 0.76 (0.70 - 0.84)
KIM-1, pg/ml* 569 (498 - 651)
KIM-1/creatinine, μg/g creat* 0.55 (0.49 - 0.62)
α1-microglobulin, mg/l† 3.19 (2.58 - 3.91)
α1-microglobulin/creatinine, mg/g creat† 2.97 (2.42 - 3.64)
Proteins, mg/l* 71.80 (63.81 - 80.80)
Proteins/creatinine, mg/g creat* 66.61 (59.99 - 73.95)
Albumin, mg/dl* 8.73 (7.46 - 10.21)
Albumin/creatinine, mg/g creat* 8.43 (7.32 - 9.70)
β2-microglobulin, mg/l‡ 0.12 (0.11 - 0.13)
β2-microglobulin/creatinine, mg/g creat‡ 0.12 (0.11 - 0.13)
BUN, mg/dl† 35.94 (34.47 - 37.46)
Urinary creatinine, mg/dl* 104.9 (96.55 - 114.0)

Geometric mean (95% confidence interval) of urinary cadmium and renal biomarkers. All parameters were measured in urine; except for blood urea nitrogen, which was measured in blood. † n = 152; * n = 153; ‡ n = 140.