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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Toxicol Environ Health A. 2015;78(2):119–131. doi: 10.1080/15287394.2014.944680

Table 6.

Association between low eGFR (<60 ml/min/1.73 2) and metals among reproductive aged-women using generalized estimating equations.

Metal Unadjusted
Coefficient (95%
CI)		 Adjusted
coefficient (95%
CI)
eGFR<60
ml/min/1.73 2
Cadmium 0.60 (0.33, 1.09) 0.57 (0.26, 1.27)
Lead 0.53 (0.12, 2.31) 0.32 (0.08, 1.21)
Mercury 0.88 (0.47, 1.68) 0.88 (0.50, 1.55)
eGFR<90
ml/min/1.73 2
Cadmium 1.19 (0.87, 1.63) 0.57 (0.26, 1.27)
Lead 1.05 (0.61, 1.82) 0.32 (0.08, 1.21)
Mercury 0.80 (0.64, 1.01) 0.88 (0.50, 1.55)

*independent correlation matrix

*adjusted for age, race, BMI