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Table 2 Median and 5-95th percentile range of blood and urine cadmium levels in prostate cancer patients by stage and Gleason score

From: Cadmium burden and the risk and phenotype of prostate cancer

Stage

N

Median (5-95%)

p*

Gleason score

N

Median (5-95%)

p*

Blood cadmium (μg/l)

A+B

56

0.85 (0.12-3.52)

0.285

2-6

88

0.74 (0.12-2.39)

0.013

C

34

0.89 (0.11-2.62)

 

7

41

1.03 (0.40-4.45)

 

D

73

0.92 (0.24-2.95)

 

≥ 8

22

0.91 (0.24-2.89)

 

Urine cadmium (μg Cd/g creatinine)

A+B

72

0.76 (0.10-3.95)

0.043

2-6

107

0.72 (0.12-3.72)

0.030

C

43

0.74 (0.14-2.91)

 

7

54

0.96 (0.13-4.37)

 

D

84

1.12 (0.21-4.37)

 

≥ 8

30

1.48 (0.17-7.36)

 
  1. * By Kruskal-Wallis test