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Table 4.

Results of multivariate regression to predict B-Hg^* levels at the first blood collection using fish and seafood intake as predictors.

Variable	Coefficient	95% CI	Partial R² (%)^*
Age	0.034	(−0.006, 0.075)	5.6
BMI	−0.035	(−0.0065, −0.005)	12.6
Calories (per 10 kcal/d)	−0.002	(−0.005, 0.000)	5.7
Smoking, never	Ref.	–
Smoking, past	−0.233	(−0.636, 0.170)	8.9^†
Smoking, current	−0.544	(−1.101, 0.013)
Canned tuna	−0.053	(0.012, 0.093)	12.2
Dark fish	0.126	(0.034, 0.218)	13.3
Other fish	0.070	(0.006, 0.135)	8.9

Total R² = 40.7%

^†

Partial R² for the variable smoking (all levels)