Table 1:
Unadjusted Geometric Means (UGM) with 95% Confidence Intervals for blood lead and cadmium, by race/ethnicity, pregnancy status, smoking status, and iron storage capacity for females aged 16–32 years in NANJING during 2006–2011
|
Blood Lead (ug/L) (ug/dL) |
Blood Cadmium | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Group | Sample Size | 95%Conifedence Interval | |||||
| Geometric Mean | Lower Limit | Upper Limit | Geometric Mean | Lower Limit | Upper Limit | |||
| Total | Han nationality | 3778 | 3.913 | 3.880 | 3.937 | 1.434 | 1.401 | 1.834 |
| Others | 299 | 3.900 | 3.889 | 3.997 | 1.430 | 1.389 | 1.794 | |
| Pregnancy Status | Pregnant | 701 | 3.740 | 3.709 | 3.801 | 1.357 | 1.337 | 1.775 |
| Non-Pregnant | 3699 | 3.928 | 3.801 | 3.978 | 1.440 | 1.418 | 1.743 | |
| Smoking Status | Non-Smoker | 3533 | 3.856 | 3.821 | 3.894 | 1.345 | 1.337 | 1.742 |
| Smoker | 979 | 4.012 | 4.014 | 4.128 | 1.934 | 1.783 | 1.914 | |
| Iron Storage Capacity | Iron Absent | 627 | 3.962 | 4.014 | 4.115 | 4.503 | 1.414 | 1.541 |
| Iron Deficient | 460 | 3.916 | 3.879 | 3.951 | 1.478 | 1.449 | 1.501 | |
| Iron Replete | 3148 | 3.801 | 3.881 | 3.921 | 1.417 | 1.312 | 1.504 | |