Table 1. Difference of Geometric Means of Blood Heavy Metal Concentration by HIV Status among US Adults (n=11761).
| Heavy Metals | HIV |
Non-HIV |
p-valueb | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | <LODa | Weighted Geometric Mean (95%CI) | N | <LODa | Weighted Geometric Mean (95%CI) | ||
| Blood Cadmium (ug/l) | 60 | 12 | 0.47 (0.38-0.59) | 11701 | 3177 | 0.34 (0.33-0.35) | <0.01 |
| Blood Lead (ug/dl) | 60 | 0 | 1.43 (1.17-1.75) | 11701 | 46 | 1.11 (1.09-1.14) | 0.02 |
| Blood Total Mercury(ug/l) | 60 | 7 | 1.04 (0.69-1.55) | 11701 | 1588 | 0.91 (0.86-0.96) | 0.50 |
a LOD: Limit of detection.
b p-value obtained from t-test after accounting for the complex survey design.