Table 3 Association between internal dose of metals in quintiles and presence of a clinical outcome at birth, adjusted to maternal and newborn clinical background and SGA¹,²

Biometals

Ca, ppm

0.91 (0.626)

1.07 (0.151)

0.92 (0.687)

1.70 (0.026)

0.98 (0.946)

0.64 (0.121)

Cu, ppb

1.12 (0.487)

1.00 (na)

0.82 (0.371)

1.48 (0.080)

1.15 (0.679)

0.97 (0.909)

K, ppm

1.21 (0.198)

0.98 (0.637)

1.11 (0.640)

1.51 (0.095)

0.87 (0.634)

0.86 (0.599)

Mg, ppm

0.87 (0.409)

1.11 (0.027)

0.96 (0.847)

2.30 (0.018)

1.56 (0.239)

1.05 (0.771)

Na, ppm

1.20 (0.204)

1.00 (0.999)

1.01 (0.969)

1.93 (0.016)

0.91 (0.740)

1.14 (0.584)

Se, ppb

1.02 (0.881)

1.01 (0.792)

0.91 (0.653)

1.76 (0.025)

1.18 (0.570)

0.76 (0.379)

Zn, ppb

1.50 (0.033)

1.00 (0.997)

0.81 (0.357)

2.11 (0.022)

1.27 (0.483)

0.91 (0.751)

Non-essential metals

Ag, ppb

0.89 (0.500)

0.98 (0.534)

1.05 (0.771)

1.27 (0.273)

1.27 (0.273)

1.33 (0.094)

Al, ppb

1.64 (0.003)

1.03 (0.536)

0.92 (0.670)

1.31 (0.331)

1.31 (0.510)

1.33 (0.223)

As, ppb

1.11 (0.516)

1.01 (0.794)

1.05 (0.820)

1.49 (0.041)

1.18 (0.614)

1.33 (0.344)

Ba, ppb

1.20 (0.300)

1.14 (0.004)

0.80 (0.262)

1.19 (0.503)

1.30 (0.565)

0.69 (0.191)

Be, ppb

0.74 (0.091)

1.06 (0.209)

0.95 (0.775)

1.21 (0.270)

0.85 (0.653)

1.15 (0.579)

Cd, ppb

1.45 (0.084)

0.99 (0.874)

1.07 (0.760)

1.70 (< 0.001)

1.15 (0.702)

1.05 (0.856)

Co, ppb

1.07 (0.638)

0.99 (0.892)

1.03 (0.888)

2.06 (0.003)

0.76 (0.208)

0.95 (0.830)

Cr, ppb

1.21 (0.302)

1.04 (0.323)

0.78 (0.171)

1.02 (0.938)

0.74 (0.379)

0.75 (0.239)

Fe, ppb

1.22 (0.202)

1.05 (0.238)

0.87 (0.511)

1.42 (0.080)

1.05 (0.936)

0.89 (0.623)

Li, ppb

0.92 (0.559)

1.01 (0.853)

1.09 (0.672)

1.82 (0.010)

0.85 (0.467)

1.00 (0.998)

Mn, ppb

1.59 (< 0.001)

1.02 (0.585)

0.99 (0.942)

1.15 (0.441)

1.33 (0.258)

1.17 (0.331)

Mo, ppb

1.32 (0.129)

0.96 (0.315)

1.04 (0.856)

1.86 (0.016)

1.07 (0.796)

0.89 (0.655)

Ni, ppb

1.28 (0.090)

1.00 (na)

0.98 (0.942)

2.14 (0.014)

1.06 (0.837)

1.06 (0.809)

Pb, ppb

1.28 (0.087)

1.06 (0.147)

0.86 (0.387)

1.19 (0.315)

1.19 (0.315)

0.99 (0.953)

Sr, ppb

1.01 (0.972)

1.10 (0.029)

0.95 (0.813)

2.69 (0.009)

1.18 (0.553)

0.92 (0.758)

Tl, ppb

1.48 (0.013)

0.96 (0.394)

1.03 (0.874)

1.64 (0.191)

1.11 (0.718)

1.26 (0.390)

V, ppb

1.16 (0.292)

1.00 (na)

0.97 (0.842)

1.71 (0.017)

0.98 (0.961)

1.04 (0.826)

U, ppb

1.40 (0.009)

0.99 (0.821)

1.04 (0.808)

0.96 (0.839)

0.96 (0.839)

0.96 (0.849)

Maternal age, parity, newborn gender