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Table 3 Estimated parameters and 95% confidence intervals for the association between blood Se (μg/L) (continuous variable) and urinary and blood As concentrations ^a

From: A Cross-sectional Study of the Impact of Blood Selenium on Blood and Urinary Arsenic Concentrations in Bangladesh

Outcome variables	(95% CI)		(95% CI)
Adult Population (n=1601)	Unadjusted covariates	p-value	Adjusted covariates ^b	p-value
Log Total	−0.003 (−0.005, -0.0009)	0.005	−0.002 (−0.004, -0.00003)	0.047
U-As (μg/L)	−0.003 (−0.005, -0.0009)	0.005	−0.002 (−0.004, -0.00003)	0.047
Log Total	0.001(−0.0007, 0.003)	0.25	0.001 (−0.0007, 0.003)	0.24
B-As (μg/L)	0.001(−0.0007, 0.003)	0.25	0.001 (−0.0007, 0.003)	0.24
Pedatric Population (n=287)	Unadjusted covariates	p-value	Adjusted covariates ^c	p-value
Log Total	−0.006 (−0.01, -0.002)	0.006	−0.006 (−0.01, -0.001)	0.01
U-As (μg/L)	−0.006 (−0.01, -0.002)	0.006	−0.006 (−0.01, -0.001)	0.01
Log Total	−0.004 (−0.008, -0.00002)	0.002	−0.004 (−0.009, -0.0001)	0.04
B-As(μg/L)

^a Blood Arsenic (B-As) and Urinary Arsenic (U-As) ^b Adjusted for age, sex, BMI, current betel nut use, and urinary creatinine (log) for the outcome of urinary arsenic ^c Adjusted for sex, BMI, plasma folate (log), plasma B12 (log), and urinary creatinine (log) for the outcome of urinary arsenic.

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