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Table 2 Association between cadmium in blood and circulating proteins in never smokers and results from replication in long term former smokers

From: Biomarkers of blood cadmium and incidence of cardiovascular events in non-smokers: results from a population-based proteomics study

Protein

Never smokers (n = 1725)

Long-term former smokers (n = 782)

Beta

95% L

95% H

P

Beta

95% L

95% H

P

EGF

− 0.37

− 0.65

− 0.09

0.010

− 0.04

− 0.50

0.41

0.852

HSP27

− 0.37

− 0.66

− 0.08

0.013

0.09

− 0.37

0.56

0.690

mAmP

− 0.32

− 0.60

− 0.03

0.031

    

GH

− 0.27

− 0.51

− 0.03

0.028

    

GDF15

0.25

0.01

0.50

0.047

    

ST2

0.30

0.01

0.58

0.041

    

TRAIL

0.32

0.02

0.61

0.036

    

MMP12

0.32

0.06

0.57

0.017

0.56

0.17

0.95

0.005

SPON1

0.35

0.07

0.63

0.014

0.19

− 0.24

0.62

0.380

UPAR

0.36

0.09

0.62

0.009

0.44

0.04

0.83

0.031

KLK6

0.37

0.08

0.67

0.013

0.36

− 0.08

0.79

0.108

CCL3

0.38

0.10

0.66

0.009

0.43

0.01

0.85

0.044

TNFR1

0.38

0.09

0.67

0.010

0.37

− 0.06

0.80

0.087

CTSL1

0.39

0.10

0.67

0.008

0.57

0.15

0.99

0.008

CX3CL1

0.43

0.13

0.73

0.005

0.45

0.01

0.88

0.044

PAPPA

0.44

0.17

0.72

0.001

0.12

− 0.30

0.53

0.584

TNFR2

0.45

0.16

0.73

0.002

0.52

0.09

0.94

0.017

KIM-1

0.45

0.18

0.73

0.001

0.78

0.36

1.20

3.2 × 10−4

IL27A

0.46

0.17

0.75

0.002

0.38

− 0.05

0.80

0.082

FGF23

0.66

0.37

0.94

5.0 × 10−6

0.71

0.29

1.13

0.001

  1. 95% L and 95% H indicate confidence limits for Beta