Table 5.

Partial correlation between baseline metal and metal metabolism markers adjusted for BMI and sex. p < 0.05 are shown in bold with positive associations (r > 0) shown in blue, and negative associations (r < 0) shown in red.

		Copper	Iron	Zinc	Cp-ferrox	Cp	Transferrin	Ferritin
Copper	r		−0.131	−0.082	0.520	0.125	0.014	−0.237
	p		0.184	0.411	<0.001	0.204	0.890	0.016
Iron	r	−0.131		0.048	−0.098	0.016	0.350	0.241
	p	0.184		0.628	0.321	0.872	<0.001	0.014
Zinc	r	−0.0815	0.048		0.132	−0.208	0.169	−0.088
	p	0.411	0.628		0.178	0.033	0.087	0.376
Cp-ferrox	r	0.520	−0.098	0.132		−0.452	0.028	−0.153
	p	<0.001	0.321	0.178		<0.001	0.778	0.119
Cp	r	0.125	0.016	−0.208	−0.452		−0.032	−0.014
	p	0.204	0.872	0.033	<0.001		0.746	0.889
Transferrin	r	0.014	0.350	0.169	0.028	−0.032		0.103
	p	0.890	<0.001	0.087	0.778	0.746		0.295
Ferritin	r	−0.237	0.241	−0.088	−0.153	−0.014	0.103
	p	0.016	0.014	0.376	0.119	0.889	0.295