Research Article

Mercury, Autoimmunity, and Environmental Factors on Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Lands

Table 2

Reduced model (multiple linear regression) for total blood mercury.

Estimate valueStd. error

Intercept0.4120.460.56
Gender*−0.5450.0084 0.2
Age0.01810.022 0.0077
Smoking score−0.01270.910.12
Fish score0.2460.0530.13
Arsenic proximity−0.5260.020 0.22

values less than or equal to 0.05 are italicized.
*Male gender was used as the reference, so the estimate describes the effect of being a female.