Table 4.
Odds ratios for element levels in hair, teeth, and blood of children for environments (NU vs. U site) and genders (male vs. female)
| Element | Tissue | Environmental specificity (NU/U) | Gender specificity (M/F) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | NU | U | ||||||
| Ratio | p level | Ratio | p level | Ratio | p level | Ratio | p level | ||
| PB | Hair | 1.55 | 0.010 | 1.12 | 1.60 | 0.005 | 1.16 | ||
| Teeth | 1.19* | 0.08 | 1.28 | 0.006 | 1.24 | 0.036 | 1.34 | 0.000 | |
| Blood | 0.88** | 0.15 | 1.16* | 0.052 | 0.97 | 1.29 | 0.002 | ||
| CD | Hair | 1.47** | 0.12 | 2.54 | 0.000 | 1.05 | 1.82 | 0.019 | |
| Teeth | 0.90 | 0.78 | 1.33 | 0.2 | 1.16 | ||||
| Blood | 0.79 | 0.99 | 1.08 | 1.34* | 0.06 | ||||
| ZN | Hair | 1.05 | 1.40 | 0.031 | 0.85** | 0.2 | 1.13 | ||
Ratio odds ratio of GMs, ratio of GMs for subgroups, p level t test for comparison of independent groups (in log values), PB lead, CD cadmium, ZN zinc, M male, F female
p < 0.05, * p < 0.1, ** p < 0.2; for p > 0.2, p value is not given