Research Article

Association of Blood Cadmium Level with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors and Liver Enzymes in a Nationally Representative Sample of Adolescents: The CASPIAN-III Study

Table 1

Characteristics of adolescents with and without metabolic syndrome: the CASPIAN-III Study.

Metabolic syndrome groupControl group value

Age (years) 0.13
Cadmium ( g/L) 0.65
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) <0.0001
Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg) <0.0001
Total Cholesterol (mg/dL) <0.0001
HDL-C (mg/dL) 0.939
LDL-C (mg/dL) 0.71
Triglycerides (mg/dL) <0.0001
Fasting blood glucose (mg/dL) <0.0001
Alanine aminotransaminase (U/L) <0.0001
Aspartate aminotransaminase (U/L) 0.2