Table 6 Adjusted associations between five heavy metals and HBcAb

Pb (µg/dL)

 Q1

ref.

ref.

ref.

 Q2

2.29 (1.84, 2.85) < 0.0001**

1.24 (0.98, 1.58) 0.0768

1.19 (0.92, 1.54) 0.1860

 Q3

3.56 (2.89, 4.39) < 0.0001**

1.31 (1.03, 1.66) 0.0259*

1.18 (0.91, 1.54) 0.2036

 Q4

3.76 (3.05, 4.63) < 0.0001**

1.17 (0.92, 1.50) 0.2005

0.97 (0.74, 1.27) 0.8075

Cd (µg/L)

 Q1

ref.

ref.

ref.

 Q2

1.52 (1.23, 1.87) 0.0001**

0.99 (0.79, 1.25) 0.9652

0.91 (0.71, 1.17) 0.4555

 Q3

2.65 (2.17, 3.23) < 0.0001**

1.24 (1.00, 1.55) 0.0548

1.18 (0.92, 1.51) 0.1821

 Q4

3.03 (2.49, 3.69) < 0.0001**

1.40 (1.12, 1.75) 0.0030**

1.26 (0.95, 1.66) 0.1094

Hg (µg/L)

 Q1

ref.

ref.

ref.

 Q2

1.24 (1.00, 1.53) 0.0470*

1.11 (0.89, 1.39) 0.3562

1.15 (0.90, 1.46) 0.2641

 Q3

1.72 (1.41, 2.10) < 0.0001**

1.22 (0.98, 1.51) 0.0716

1.30 (1.03, 1.65) 0.0275*

 Q4

3.95 (3.29, 4.75) < 0.0001**

1.71 (1.39, 2.10) < 0.0001**

1.94 (1.54, 2.45) < 0.0001**

Se (µg/L)

 Q1

ref.

ref.

ref.

 Q2

0.96 (0.81, 1.14) 0.6417

1.00 (0.83, 1.21) 0.9731

1.05 (0.86, 1.29) 0.6354

 Q3

0.84 (0.70, 0.99) 0.0436*

0.85 (0.71, 1.03) 0.1041

0.94 (0.76, 1.16) 0.5467

 Q4

0.94 (0.79, 1.11) 0.4642

0.86 (0.71, 1.03) 0.1072

0.93 (0.76, 1.15) 0.4986

Mn (µg/L)

 Q1

ref.

ref.

ref.

 Q2

1.04 (0.87, 1.25) 0.6554

1.19 (0.98, 1.45) 0.0804

1.14 (0.91, 1.41) 0.2489

 Q3

1.10 (0.92, 1.32) 0.2956

1.10 (0.90, 1.35) 0.3394

1.11 (0.89, 1.38) 0.3760

 Q4

1.64 (1.38, 1.94) < 0.0001**

1.41 (1.14, 1.73) 0.0014**

1.37 (1.09, 1.72) 0.0071**