Relation between dietary cadmium intake and biomarkers of cadmium exposure in premenopausal women accounting for body iron stores

Table 1 Characteristics of the 57 participating women

Background variable	Mean	Median	Range
Age (y)	37	38	20-50
Body weight (kg)	62	61	47-82
Body Mass Index (kg/m²)	22	22	19-30
Energy intake (kcal/day)	1843	1790	1080-3276
Cadmium intake (μg/day)*	13	11	5-38
Urinary creatinine (g/L urine)	0.70	0.65	0.14-1.64
Urinary cadmium excretion (μg/g creatinine)	0.18	0.15	0.02-0.59
Blood cadmium (μg/L)	0.27	0.23	0.09-0.96
Model-predicted urinary cadmium excretion (μg/g creatinine)	0.19	0.16	0.03-0.76
Serum ferritin (μg/L)	29	18	3-124