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Table 3 Spearman’s rho bivariate analysis of vitamin D with heavy metals

From: Determinants of vitamin D status among Black and White low-income pregnant and non-pregnant reproductive-aged women from Southeast Louisiana

 

Vit D (ng/mL)

Pb (μg/dL)

Hg (μg/L)

Cd (μg/L)

Salivary cotinine (ng/mL)

Vit D (ng/mL)

Correlation Coefficient

1.000

    

Sig. (2-tailed)

.

    

Pb (μg/dL)

Correlation Coefficient

− 0.099

1.000

   

Sig. (2-tailed)

0.196

.

   

Hg (μg/L)

Correlation Coefficient

−0.013

0.099

1.000

  

Sig. (2-tailed)

0.865

0.199

.

  

Cd (μg/L)

Correlation Coefficient

−0.033

0.364b

0.206a

1.000

 

Sig. (2-tailed)

0.665

0.000

0.007

.

 
  1. a Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)
  2. b Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)
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