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Published in final edited form as: Environ Res. 2010 Nov 5;111(1):171–176. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2010.10.006

Table 2.

Odds ratios (95% CIs) of cardiovascular diseases associated with an IQR (0.91 μg/L) increase of blood cadmium by gender.

	Total		Male		Female
	Cases/non-cases	OR (95% CIs)	Cases/non-cases	OR (95% CIs)	Cases/non-cases	OR (95% CIs)
IHD	36/1870	2.10 (1.29–3.43)^**	19/928	1.88 (0.96–3.69)	17/942	2.28 (1.26 –4.15)^**
Stroke	44/1862	1.10 (0.79–1.54)	29/918	1.26 (0.79–1.98)	15/944	0.94 (0.50–1.75)
Hypertension	481/1427	1.29 (1.09–1.52)^**	281/667	1.40 (1.09–1.79)^**	200/760	1.16 (0.92–1.46)

Adjusted for age, age², education level (less than high school, high school, and above college or more), income (<$9000, $9000–$16,000, $16,000–$25,000, and >$25,000), family hypertension history (yes/no), systolic blood pressure, alcohol (none, moderate, and heavy), smoking status (current, former, and never), BMI, waist circumference, and blood lead; systolic blood pressure was not adjusted for in hypertension.

^**

P<0.01.