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Table 3 Spearman correlation among biomarkers

From: Neurocognitive impact of metal exposure and social stressors among schoolchildren in Taranto, Italy

 

UCd

UAs

BPb

BSe

HMn

HHg

UCd

1

< 0.001

0.418

0.006

0.262

0.021

UAs

0.253

1

0.099

0.061

0.058

< 0.001

BPb

−0.047

0.0953

1

0.320

0.334

0.549

BSe

−0.159

0.1081

0.058

1

0.426

0.003

HMn

0.065

0.109

0.056

−0.046

1

0.399

HHg

−0.133

0.276

−0.035

0.173

0.049

1

  1. Notes: The lower triangle of the matrix shows the Spearman’s correlation coefficients; the upper triangle shows the p-values related to the null hypothesis ρ = 0
  2. UAs Urinary arsenic, UCd Urinary cadmium, UHg Urinary mercury, HHg Hair mercury, BPb Blood lead, HMn Hair manganese, BSe Blood selenium
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