Table 5 Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for EC, GC and CRC according to different blood metals.

From: Blood metal levels predict digestive tract cancer risk using machine learning in a U.S. cohort

Variable

Model1

Model2

Model3

OR (95% CI)

p-Value

OR (95% CI)

p-Value

OR (95% CI)

p-Value

EC

Potassium (mmol)

7.58(3.48,16.48)

< 0.0001

4.30(1.58,11.72)

0.01

3.91(1.36,11.27)

0.01

Cadmium (µmol)

1.06(1.04,1.08)

< 0.0001

1.06(1.04,1.09)

< 0.0001

1.09(1.06, 1.13)

< 0.0001

Lead (µmol)

7.60(3.26,17.72)

< 0.0001

10.13(3.90,26.26)

< 0.0001

15.21(3.08,74.97)

0.001

GC

Lead (µmol)

5.26(2.11,13.10)

< 0.001

7.06(2.67,18.66)

< 0.001

6.09(1.99,18.62)

0.002

CRC

Cadmium (µmol)

1.01(0.98,1.05)

0.35

1.01(0.97,1.06)

0.58

1.01(0.96,1.06)

0.73

Lead (µmol)

4.17(1.66,10.49)

0.003

1.63(0.03,78.74)

0.80

1.52(0.02,110.68)

0.85

  1. OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.
  2. Model 1: the crude model.
  3. Model 2: adjusted for gender and age.
  4. Model 3: adjusted for gender, age, race, PIR and education.