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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Res. 2020 Mar 16;184:109396. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.109396

Table 2.

Quantile g-computation estimates for the change in BMI at follow-up for a one quartile increase in all metals

Metal Group β (95% CI)a
All metalsb −0.08 (−0.39, 0.24)
Non-essential metalsc 0.32 (0.00, 0.63)
Essential metalsd −0.25 (−0.58, 0.07)

Note: BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval

a

Units for β are the change in BMI in kg/m2 for a one quartile increase in all metals

b

Adjusted for age, education, physical activity, race, smoking status, baseline BMI, and follow-up time

c

Includes antimony, arsenic, cadmium, lead, mercury, tin, and vanadium. Adjusted for age, education, physical activity, race, smoking status, baseline BMI, follow-up time, and the essential metals (continuous)

d

Includes chromium, cobalt, copper, iron, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, selenium, and zinc. Adjusted for age, education, physical activity, race, smoking status, baseline BMI, follow-up time, and the non-essential metals (continuous)