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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 7.
Published in final edited form as: J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2019 Feb 6;29(5):718–729. doi: 10.1038/s41370-019-0121-x

Table 4.

Percent change in concentration of urinary arsenicals associated with plasma arsenicals.

Percent Increase (95% CI) in Urinary Arsenicals
U-iAs U-MMAs U-DMAs U-tAs
P-iAs1 12.9% (2.5, 24.2)
P-MMAs1 45.9% (34.8, 57.9)
P-DMAs1 47.7% (34.2, 62.5)
P-tAs1 49.8% (36.0, 64.9)
Sex
Males 0.0% (ref) 0.0% (ref) 0.0% (ref) 0.0% (ref)
Females −35.0% (−50.1,−15.3) −18.6% (−33.1,−0.9) −26.0% (−41.3,−6.6) −27.5% (−41.2,−10.6)
Age
< 18 0.0% (ref) 0.0% (ref) 0.0% (ref) 0.0% (ref)
18 – 35 −23.0% (−46.9, 11.5) −14.0% (−34.5, 12.9) −17.6% (−40.4, 13.9) −15.2% (−36.7, 13.6)
35 – 55 −16.5% (−43.3, 22.9) −5.2% (−28.7, 26.0) −7.5% (−34.1, 29.7) −7.3% (−31.7, 25.9)
≥ 55 21.1% (−22.8, 90.1) 28.1% (−8.6, 79.5) 8.0% (−27.9, 61.7) 12.9% (−21.4, 62.3)
BMI
Underweight 0.0% (ref) 0.0% (ref) 0.0% (ref) 0.0% (ref)
Normal 12.4% (−25.7, 70.0) −18.0% (−39.5, 11.3) −2.7% (−32.2, 39.8) −1.3% (−28.8, 36.9)
Overweight 33.2% (−17.1, 114.0) −25.9% (−47.7, 4.9) 2.4% (−32.3, 54.8) 8.6% (−25.3, 57.8)
Obese 11.0% (−31.5, 79.8) −25.4% (−47.7, 6.4) 8.7% (−28.7, 65.7) 8.4% (−25.9, 58.7)
Smoking
No 0.0% (ref) 0.0% (ref) 0.0% (ref) 0.0% (ref)
Yes 23.8% (−17.6, 86.0) 2.7% (−24.0, 38.6) 32.1% (−7.7, 88.9) 29.4% (−6.3, 78.7)
Seafood
Consumption
No 0.0% (ref) 0.0% (ref) 0.0% (ref) 0.0% (ref)
Yes 28.3% (−9.5, 81.8) −13.7% (−33.1, 11.4) 9.1% (−19.4, 47.7) 13.4% (−13.7, 49.0)
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percent change associated with a doubling of the concentration of plasma arsenicals