Table 7 Adjusted associations between five heavy metals and HBsAb

Pb (µg/dL)

 Q1

ref.

ref.

ref.

 Q2

0.72 (0.63, 0.82) < 0.0001**

0.87 (0.75, 1.00) 0.0423*

0.84 (0.73, 0.97) 0.0202*

 Q3

0.60 (0.52, 0.68) < 0.0001**

0.78 (0.67, 0.91) 0.0013**

0.77 (0.66, 0.90) 0.0014**

 Q4

0.55 (0.48, 0.63) < 0.0001**

0.85 (0.72, 1.00) 0.0463*

0.83 (0.70, 0.98) 0.0311*

Cd (µg/L)

 Q1

ref.

ref.

ref.

 Q2

0.90 (0.79, 1.02) 0.1070

0.95 (0.82, 1.09) 0.4341

0.92 (0.80, 1.06) 0.2547

 Q3

0.87 (0.76, 1.00) 0.0426*

0.96 (0.83, 1.11) 0.5807

0.94 (0.80, 1.10) 0.4394

 Q4

0.92 (0.81, 1.05) 0.2420

0.94 (0.81, 1.09) 0.4146

1.08 (0.89, 1.30) 0.4213

Hg (µg/L)

 Q1

ref.

ref.

ref.

 Q2

0.92 (0.80, 1.05) 0.2148

0.97 (0.84, 1.12) 0.6602

0.95 (0.82, 1.10) 0.4689

 Q3

1.06 (0.93, 1.21) 0.3819

1.13 (0.98, 1.30) 0.0924

1.05 (0.90, 1.21) 0.5528

 Q4

1.66 (1.46, 1.89) < 0.0001**

1.47 (1.27, 1.70) < 0.0001**

1.36 (1.16, 1.59) 0.0001**

Se (µg/L)

 Q1

ref.

ref.

ref.

 Q2

1.02 (0.90, 1.16) 0.7403

0.95 (0.82, 1.08) 0.4252

0.95 (0.83, 1.10) 0.5002

 Q3

0.95 (0.83, 1.08) 0.4429

0.91 (0.79, 1.04) 0.1669

0.91 (0.79, 1.05) 0.2034

 Q4

0.95 (0.84, 1.09) 0.4837

0.89 (0.77, 1.02) 0.1036

0.91 (0.78, 1.05) 0.1862

Mn (µg/L)

 Q1

ref.

ref.

ref.

 Q2

1.31 (1.14, 1.50) 0.0001**

1.25 (1.08, 1.44) 0.0024**

1.25 (1.08, 1.45) 0.0028**

 Q3

1.32 (1.16, 1.51) < 0.0001**

1.13 (0.97, 1.30) 0.1104

1.17 (1.01, 1.36) 0.0407*

 Q4

1.72 (1.50, 1.96) < 0.0001**

1.19 (1.02, 1.38) 0.0264*

1.24 (1.06, 1.45) 0.0076**