Table 3.

Hazard ratio (95 % CI) for all-cause and cancer related mortality associated with sex and top quartile of creatinine-corrected urinary cadmium

	Men			Women
Mortality	<0.65 μg/g	≥0.65 μg/g	P value	<0.83 μg/g	≥0.83 μg/g	P value
All cause	n=579	n=626		n=399	n=461
Age and race/ethnicity adjusted	1.00	2.24 (1.82-2.74)	<0.001	1.00	1.80 (1.49-2.12)	<0.001
Multivariable adjusteda	1.00	1.77 (1.41-2.24)	<0.001	1.00	1.29 (1.02-1.62)	0.03
Cancer	n=106	n=194		n=105	n=137
Age and race/ethnicity adjusted	1.00	3.68 (2.57-5.22)	<0.001	1.00	2.18 (1.57-3.04)	<0.001
Multivariable adjusted	1.00	2.43 (1.59-3.72)	<0.001	1.00	1.57 (1.10-2.23)	0.01

n number of events

^aAdjustment included age (continuous), race/ethnicity (non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic black, Mexican American, other), high school education, smoking category (never, former, current), pack years, sedentary lifestyle, BMI (continuous), alcohol consumption (no drinking, >0 but <1 drink/ day, ≥1 but <2 drinks/day, ≥2 drinks/day), total cholesterol (continuous)