Re-evaluation of blood mercury, lead and cadmium concentrations in the Inuit population of Nunavik (Québec): a cross-sectional study

Table 5 Predictive models for blood mercury, lead and cadmium concentrations, 2004

Model	Beta	Partial R²	P value
Mercury (log values) (R ² = 0.27, p < 0.0001)
Consumption of marine mammal meat¹	0.07	0.04	< 0.0001
Consumption of marine mammal kidneys and liver: Consumers	0.23	0.01	0.003
Age (years)	0.03	0.20	< 0.0001
Gender: Men	- 0.24	0.02	0.001
Region of residence : Hudson Bay	0.24	0.02	0.001
Lead (log values) (R ² = 0.25, p < 0.0001)
Consumption of game birds¹	0.001	0.01	0.002
Consumption of marine mammal kidneys and liver: Consumers	0.11	0.01	0.03
Age (years)	0.02	0.20	< 0.0001
Gender: Men	0.28	0.04	< 0.0001
Smoking status : Smoker	0.21	0.04	< 0.0001
Cadmium (Log values) (R ² = 0.73, p < 0.0001)
Smoking status : Smoker	1.99	0.56	< 0.0001
Ex-smoker	0.23	0.01	0.004
Region of residence : Hudson Bay	0.10	0.01	0.01
BMI (kg/m²)	- 0.01	0.02	< 0.0001

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