Journal: Environmental research

Article Title: Differences in urine cadmium associations with kidney outcomes based on serum creatinine and cystatin C

doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2011.07.012

Figure Lengend Snippet: Scatterplot between MDRD eGFR and multi-variable cystatin C eGFR in 712 Korean lead workers. The line of equivalency (solid) and a smoothed line (dotted), which was estimated using the scatterplot smoothing method (SAS/GRAPH software), are shown.

Article Snippet: The line of equivalency (solid) and a smoothed line (dotted), which was estimated using the scatterplot smoothing method (SAS/GRAPH software), are shown. table ft1 table-wrap mode="anchored" t5 caption a7 Urine creatinine Urine cadmium μg/g Serum cystatin C Serum creatinine Single variable cystatin C eGFR Multi-variable cystatin C eGFR Dual eGFR MDRD eGFR Unadjusted urine cadmium μg/L 0.69 c 0.51 c 0.13 c −0.12 c −0.13 c −0.18 c −0.06 0.03 Urine creatinine, mg/dL −0.22 c 0.08 a 0.13 c −0.08 a 0.004 0.02 0.03 Urine cadmium μg/g 0.07 −0.34 c −0.07 −0.24 c −0.10 b 0.01 Serum cystatin C, mg/L 0.37 c −1.0 c −0.93 c −0.76 c −0.47 c Serum creatinine, mg/dL −0.37 c −0.19 c −0.59 c −0.73 c Single variable cystatin C eGFR, mL/min/1.73 m 2 0.93 c 0.76 c 0.47 c Multi-variable cystatin C eGFR, mL/min/1.73 m 2 0.80 c 0.50 c Dual biomarker eGFR, mL/min/1.73 m 2 0.90 c Open in a separate window a p-value less than 0.05; b p-value less than 0.01; c p-value less than 0.001 Spearman correlation coefficients for urine cadmium, urine creatinine and kidney function measures in 712 lead workers

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