Cadmium-Induced Oxidative Stress Impairs Glycemic Control in Adolescents

Table 1

Characteristics of the study population.

	Exposed		Controls
	Median	IQ range	Median	IQ range
Age (yrs)	13.1	12.7–13.8	13.0	12.5–13.6	0.326
Weight (kg)	51.0	44.0–63.0	52.0	48.6–56.5	0.623
Height (cm)	158.0	153.5–164.5	158.0	150.0–163.0	0.127
BMI	20.2	18.1–24.6	21.2	19.4–22.9	0.474
Tanner (stage)	3.0	2.0–3.0	3.0	3.0–4.0	<0.001
Testicular volume (ml)	6.2	3.9–8.7	11.3	9.4–15.2	<0.001
Testosterone (nmol/l)	1.0	0.2–1.7	9.5	6.7–15.9	<0.001
Cadmium (μg/L)	0.7	0.3–1.0	0.2	0.0–0.2	<0.001
HOMA-IR	2.3	1.0–4.6	0.9	0.4–1.2	<0.001
TAC μmol/dl	149.6	131.5–160.5	167.4	161.9–171.3	<0.001
MDA μmol/l	7.0	6.0–8.0	3.7	3.1–4.0	<0.001