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

Table 2

Linear regression analysis of cadmium with cardiometabolic risk factors and liver enzymes: the CASPIAN-III Study.

	Cadmium level
	Beta	𝑃 value
Body mass index	0.006	0.92
Systolic blood pressure	−0.05	0.52
Diastolic blood pressure	0.10	0.24
Total Cholesterol	0.65	0.47
HDL-C	−0.03	0.56
LDL-C	0.04	0.62
Triglycerides	0.02	0.78
Fasting blood glucose	0.042	0.58
Aspartate aminotransaminase	0.06	0.92
Alanine aminotransaminase	0.08	0.82