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. 2016 Mar 15;13(3):324. doi: 10.3390/ijerph13030324

Table A2.

Adjusted geometric means (95% confidence interval) of urinary metals by study sites.

Study Site Model 1 a Model 2 b Model 3 c Model 4 d
Antimony
Winston-Salem 0.13 (0.07, 0.22) 0.12 (0.07, 0.21) 0.12 (0.07, 0.21) 0.12 (0.06, 0.24)
Baltimore 0.08 (0.06, 0.12) 0.08 (0.06, 0.12) 0.09 (0.06, 0.13) 0.08 (0.06, 0.12)
Chicago 0.11 (0.07, 0.19) 0.12 (0.07, 0.20) 0.12 (0.07, 0.21) 0.12 (0.07, 0.20)
Los Angeles 0.10 (0.07, 0.13) 0.10 (0.07, 0.13) 0.09 (0.05, 0.16) 0.10 (0.07, 0.14)
New York City 0.11 (0.07, 0.16) 0.11 (0.07, 0.16) 0.11 (0.07, 0.16) 0.11 (0.07, 0.17)
Saint Paul 0.11 (0.07, 0.19) 0.11 (0.07, 0.19) 0.13 (0.05, 0.30) 0.11 (0.06, 0.22)
Cadmium
Winston-Salem 0.80 (0.54, 1.17) 0.84 (0.58, 1.23) 0.86 (0.59, 1.26) 0.94 (0.59, 1.49)
Baltimore 0.57 (0.39, 0.81) 0.52 (0.36, 0.74) 0.55 (0.38, 0.80) 0.53 (0.37, 0.76)
Chicago 0.62 (0.47, 0.80) 0.61 (0.47, 0.79) 0.63 (0.48, 0.83) 0.62 (0.48, 0.80)
Los Angeles 0.57 (0.46, 0.70) 0.59 (0.49, 0.73) 0.51 (0.34, 0.76) 0.56 (0.44, 0.72)
New York City 0.62 (0.47, 0.80) 0.63 (0.48, 0.82) 0.64 (0.50, 0.84) 0.58 (0.42, 0.80)
Saint Paul 0.64 (0.45, 0.91) 0.59 (0.43, 0.84) 0.74 (0.42, 1.30) 0.67 (0.43, 1.05)
Tungsten
Winston-Salem 0.034 (0.018, 0.063) 0.033 (0.018, 0.064) 0.036 (0.019, 0.069) 0.046 (0.021, 0.099)
Baltimore 0.033 (0.018, 0.059) 0.032 (0.017, 0.058) 0.039 (0.020, 0.073) 0.035 (0.019, 0.067)
Chicago 0.034 (0.022, 0.052) 0.034 (0.022, 0.052) 0.038 (0.024, 0.060) 0.035 (0.023, 0.056)
Los Angeles 0.11 (0.077, 0.15) 0.11 (0.08, 0.16) 0.066 (0.033, 0.13) 0.093 (0.061, 0.14)
New York City 0.032 (0.021, 0.050) 0.033 (0.021, 0.051) 0.036 (0.023, 0.056) 0.033 (0.015, 0.045)
Saint Paul 0.024 (0.014, 0.042) 0.023 (0.013, 0.041) 0.046 (0.018, 0.12) 0.033 (0.015, 0.071)
Uranium
Winston-Salem 0.013 (0.009, 0.018) 0.013 (0.010, 0.018) 0.013 (0.010, 0.019) 0.014 (0.010, 0.021)
Baltimore 0.012 (0.009, 0.016) 0.012 (0.009, 0.017) 0.012 (0.009, 0.017) 0.013 (0.009, 0.017)
Chicago 0.012 (0.009, 0.015) 0.012 (0.009, 0.015) 0.012 (0.009, 0.015) 0.012 (0.009, 0.015)
Los Angeles 0.019 (0.016, 0.023) 0.019 (0.016, 0.023) 0.018 (0.011, 0.026) 0.018 (0.015, 0.023)
New York City 0.011 (0.009, 0.013) 0.011 (0.008, 0.013) 0.011 (0.009, 0.013) 0.010 (0.008, 0.013)
Saint Paul 0.008 (0.006, 0.011) 0.009 (0.006, 0.012) 0.009 (0.006, 0.015) 0.010 (0.006, 0.014)

a Adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, BMI, education, annual family income, and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR); b Adjusted for variables in Model 1, plus smoking status and pack-year; c Adjusted for variables in Model 2, plus log-transformed PM2.5; d Adjusted for variables in Model 2, plus log-transformed NOx.