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. 2015 May 14;187(6):352. doi: 10.1007/s10661-015-4587-2

Table 1.

Urinary cadmium adjusted GM* or variation of adjusted GM in adults included in the exposure study, according to environmental exposure factors, Cassiopée study, 2008

Viviez (N = 375) Montbazens (N = 282)
% of variation of GM (95 % CI) p % of variation of GM (95 % CI) p
Length of residence
 By 1-year increase 1.2 (0.8, 1.5) <10−3 −0.3 (−0.7, 0.03) 0.071
 By 5-year increase 5.9 (4.3, 7.5) −1.6 (−3.2, 0.1)
 By 10-year increase 12.2 (8.8, 15.7) −3.1 (−6.4, 0.3)
GM (95 % CI) p GM (95 % CI) p
Part of consumption of home-grown fruits and vegetables
 Less than 10 % 0.48 (0.44, 0.51) 0.008 0.32 (0.29, 0.35) 0.392
 Approximately 25 % 0.53 (0.44, 0.63) 0.34 (0.29, 0.40)
 Approximately 50 % 0.56 (0.45, 0.70) 0.38 (0.32, 0.44)
 75 % and over 0.77 (0.59, 1.02) 0.33 (0.28, 0.39)
Consumption of home-grown animal produce (eggs, poultry, rabbits)
 No 0.48 (0.45, 0.51) 0.005 0.33 (0.30, 0.36) 0.649
 Yes 0.63 (0.53, 0.76) 0.34 (0.31, 0.37)

*Geometric mean (GM) (μg/g creatinine) adjusted for creatinine, gender, age, educational level, professional activity, smoking, consumption of seafood and offal