Table 4 Comparison of age, glucose, BMI, diabetes prevalence according to the three tertiles of urine cadmium

Age, year

57.4 ± 7.9

60.1 ± 7.1

59.1 ± 6.8

0.003^a

I ≠ III^b

Glucose, mg/dL

105.3 ± 38.9

117.4 ± 66.2

124.3 ± 98.7

0.037^a

I ≠ III^b

BMI, kg/cm²

24.80 ± 4.00

24.09 ± 3.14

23.36 ± 3.29

<0.001^a

I ≠ III^b

Diabetes prevalence

17.1 %

23.8 %

28.8 %

0.010

Female(n = 176)

1^sttertile

2^ndtertile

3^rdtertile

p -value

Post hoc comparison

(n = 79)

(n = 58)

(n = 39)

(U-Cd ≤1 μg/g Cr)

(1 μg/g Cr < U-Cd ≤3 μg/g Cr)

(3 μg/g Cr < U-Cd)

Age, year

58.8 ± 8.4

58.8 ± 7.4

60.7 ± 7.0

0.408^a

Glucose, mg/dL

102.7 ± 49.1

102.8 ± 41.8

106.0 ± 39.5

0.923^a

BMI, kg/cm²

25.86 ± 3.26

25.83 ± 3.38

24.48 ± 3.15

0.074^a

Diabetes prevalence

20.3 %

17.2 %

30.8 %

0.282