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Table 2 Early Pregnancy Maternal Urinary Metal Concentrations (n = 176)

From: Prenatal metal mixtures and child blood pressure in the Rhea mother-child cohort in Greece

Urinary Metal Concentrations 

Geometric Mean (95%CI)

p10

p25

p50

p75

p90

n < LOD

Unadjusted

 Magnesium (mg/L)

59.6 (52.4, 67.7)

16.6

35.7

76.1

11.1

14.5

  0

 Cobalt (μg/L)

0.48 (0.41, 0.56)

0.11

0.26

0.44

1.07

1.97

  0

 Selenium (μg/L)

19.4 (17.3, 21.6)

6.0

13.0

22.8

33.8

41.8

  0

 Molybdenum (μg/L)

58.15 (51.90, 65.16)

20.9

35.8

61.0

98.4

145.8

  0

 Arsenic (μg/L)

13.55 (11.01, 16.68)

2.7

5.2

12.1

30.5

80.1

  0

 Cadmium (μg/L)

0.41 (0.35, 0.47)

0.11

0.23

0.44

0.77

1.21

  0

 Antimony (μg/L)

0.05 (0.04, 0.05)

0.02

0.03

0.05

0.08

0.11

  1

 Lead (μg/L)

0.82 (0.71, 0.96)

0.20

0.52

1.06

1.56

2.32

  0

SG-Adjusted

 Magnesium (mg/L)

66.9 (61.3, 72.9)

30.9

50.5

71.3

100.9

133.4

  0

 Cobalt (μg/L)

0.54 (0.48, 0.61)

0.22

0.28

0.46

1.01

1.78

  0

 Selenium (μg/L)

21.72 (20.72, 22.77)

15.2

17.3

21.8

27.0

31.9

  0

 Molybdenum (μg/L)

65.26 (61.13, 69.66)

38.1

50.5

64.9

86.7

114.1

  0

 Arsenic (μg/L)

15.21 (12.50, 18.49)

3.9

5.2

12.2

34.5

111.0

  0

 Cadmium (μg/L)

0.45 (0.41, 0.50)

0.19

0.30

0.47

0.69

1.07

  0

 Antimony (μg/L)

0.05 (0.05, 0.06)

0.03

0.04

0.05

0.07

0.09

  1

 Lead (μg/L)

0.92 (0.82, 1.04)

0.44

0.69

1.00

1.48

2.02

  0

  1. Abbreviations used: LOD limit of detection, p10 10th percentile, p25 25th percentile, p50 50th percentile, p75 75th percentile, SG specific gravity