Table 6 Pearson correlations for performance Criterion B across the range of adjustment methods investigated for NHANES 2009–2012 (CDC, 2015) (testing dataset)
Adjustment method | rp (95Â % CI) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Pb | Cd | |||
Unadjusted | 0.67 (0.61, 0.72) | de | 0.58 (0.51, 0.64) | d |
Creatinine | 0.79 (0.75, 0.82) | ab | 0.65 (0.59, 0.70) | ab |
Osmolality | 0.81 (0.78, 0.84) | a | 0.66 (0.60, 0.71) | a |
ER | 0.69 (0.63,0.73) | d | 0.59 (0.52, 0.64) | dc |
ERBW | 0.63 (0.57, 0.68) | e | 0.57 (0.50, 0.63) | d |
UFRA | 0.74 (0.70, 0.78) | c | 0.62 (0.56, 0.67) | bc |
UFRB | 0.75 (0.70, 0.79) | bc | 0.62 (0.56, 0.68) | b |