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Table 2 Urinary cadmium concentrations (μg/L) by neurocognitive test performance ab

From: Associations between cadmium exposure and neurocognitive test scores in a cross-sectional study of US adults

 

N

Median

Interquartile range

SRTT (in ms)

4848 total

  

visual motor speed

   

158.5 - 209.3 (better)

1211

0.38

0.17 - 0.78

209.3 - 228.6

1213

0.40

0.19 - 0.80

228.6 - 254.6

1212

0.43

0.19 - 0.84

254.6 - 660.1 (worse)

1212

0.44

0.21 - 0.85

Missing

724

0.47

0.22 - 0.85

SDST (in s/correct digit)

5021 total

  

attention/perception

   

1.4 - 2.3 (better)

1223

0.31

0.14 - 0.59

2.3 - 2.7

1283

0.42

0.20 - 0.81

2.7 - 3.2

1254

0.45

0.21 - 0.85

3.2 - 22.2 (worse)

1261

0.52

0.22 - 1.03

Missing

551

0.45

0.21 - 0.85

SDLT trials-to-criterion

4845 total

  

learning recall/short-term memory

   

2 (better)

497

0.36

0.16 - 0.74

3 – 4

1624

0.37

0.17 - 0.72

5 – 7

1271

0.46

0.22 - 0.82

8 (worse)

1453

0.46

0.21 - 0.93

Missing

727

0.45

0.20 - 0.87

SDLT total-error-score

4911 total

  

learning recall/short-term memory

   

0 - 1 (better)

982

0.34

0.16 - 0.71

2 – 3

1066

0.38

0.18 - 0.68

4 – 9

1565

0.47

0.22 - 0.85

10 - 16 (worse)

1298

0.47

0.21 - 0.94

Missing

661

0.45

0.20 - 0.86

  1. a study population values, not weighted for oversampling.
  2. b urinary cadmium concentrations by quartiles of neurocognitive test performance.