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Main effects* of arsenic and covariates on logged urinary 8-OHdG (μg/l) (N = 290) |
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| Urine |
Drinking water |
Toenail |
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| Variable |
β |
95% CI |
β |
95% CI |
β |
95% CI |
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| Arsenic quartile |
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| 1st |
reference |
reference |
reference |
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| 2nd |
0.16 |
(-0.15, 0.46) |
0.02 |
(-0.30, 0.34) |
-0.16 |
(-0.63, 0.304) |
| 3rd |
0.22 |
(-0.12, 0.55) |
0.22 |
(-0.11, 0.55) |
-0.32 |
(-0.773, 0.13) |
| 4th |
0.17 |
(-0.21, 0.56) |
-0.16 |
(-0.55, 0.23) |
-0.33 |
(-0.78, 0.12) |
| Logged creatinine |
2.18 |
(1.96, 2.40) |
2.23 |
(2.05, 2.42) |
2.24 |
(2.06, 2.42) |
| BMI |
-0.01 |
(-0.06, 0.03) |
-0.01 |
(-0.05, 0.03) |
-0.01 |
(-0.05, 0.03) |
| Age |
0.01 |
(0.00, 0.03) |
0.02 |
(0.00, 0.03) |
0.01 |
(0.00, 0.02) |
| Chews betelnuts |
-0.40 |
(-0.78, -0.03) |
-0.46 |
(-0.84, -0.09) |
-0.41 |
(-0.78, -0.04) |
| ETS† in the home |
-0.47 |
(-0.79, -0.16) |
-0.36 |
(-0.69,-0.03) |
-0.43 |
(-0.75, -0.10) |
| Education†† |
-0.72 |
(-1.10, -0.34) |
-0.70 |
(-1.08, -0.32) |
-0.72 |
(-1.11, -0.33) |
| GSTM1 |
-0.02 |
(-0.37, 0.33) |
0.06 |
(-0.30, 0.41) |
-0.01 |
(-0.36, 0.34) |
| hOGG1 |
-0.03 |
(-0.34, 0.28) |
-0.01 |
(-0.32, 0.29) |
-0.06 |
(-0.37, 0.24) |
| APE1 |
-0.28 |
(-0.60, 0.04) |
-0.28 |
(-0.59, 0.03) |
-0.40 |
(-0.73, -0.07) |
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*Main effects are from three random effects Tobit models. †ETS is environmental tobacco smoke. ††Education compared secondary or higher to primary or less | ||||||
Breton et al. Environmental Health 2007 6:39 doi:10.1186/1476-069X-6-39 |
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