Table 3. General linear models for blood and urinary Cd in study subjects.
Variables | Log (blood Cd) levels | Log (Urinary Cd) levels | ||||||
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ß | SE (ß) | T | P | ß | SE (ß) | T | P | |
Age, yr | 0.004 | 0.001 | 6.837 | < 0.001 | 0.007 | 0.001 | 9.664 | < 0.001 |
Sex (1: Male, 2: Female) | 0.096 | 0.018 | 5.391 | < 0.001 | 0.267 | 0.019 | 13.772 | < 0.001 |
Smoking status (1: No, 2: Yes) | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.699 | 0.485 | -0.001 | 0.001 | -0.483 | 0.629 |
Drinking status (1: No, 2: Yes) | -0.003 | 0.014 | -0.198 | 0.843 | -0.003 | 0.015 | -0.204 | 0.838 |
Working history in smelter (1: No, 2: Yes) | 0.000 | 0.000 | 1.408 | 0.159 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 2.777 | 0.006 |
Distance from the smelter, km | -0.072 | 0.005 | -13.463 | < 0.001 | -0.079 | 0.006 | -13.526 | < 0.001 |