Table 1 Baseline descriptive parameters of participant cardiometabolic risk factors and contaminant body burdens from the Nituuchischaayihtitaau Aschii – Multi-Community Environment-and-Health Study

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 Sex (% males)

236 (44%)

 Smoking status current smoker

278 (52%)

Cardiometabolic Risk Factors

Mean

Geometric Mean

SD

Minimum value

Maximum value

 Age (years)

38.5

35.3

15.7

15.0

87.0

 IMT (mm)

0.7

0.6

0.2

0.4

2.0

 BMI (kg/m²)

32.6

32.0

6.5

16.9

58.9

 Apo B (g/L)

0.9

0.8

0.3

0.3

2.3

 Triglycerides (mmol/L)

1.5

1.3

0.8

0.4

6.0

 LDL (mmol/L)

2.7

2.6

0.8

0.9

5.5

 Systolic BP (mm Hg)

120.7

119.8

15.1

80.0

198.0

 hs-CRP (mg/L)

4.9

2.7

6.3

0.1

86.9

 TNF- α (pg/mL)

3.6

2.8

3.6

0.5

42.0

 Ox-LDL (U/I)

50.3

48.2

14.9

19.3

129.1

 Arsenic (Inorganic; μmol/L)

0.07

0.06

0.08

<DL

0.98

 β-HCH (μg/L)

0.02

0.01

0.02

<DL

0.13

 Cadmium (nmol/L)

14.18

8.06

14.22

<DL

73.00

 cis-Nonachlor (μg/L)

0.04

0.01

0.07

<DL

0.56

 Cobalt (nmol/L)

4.28

3.38

10.05

0.465

230.00

 Copper (μmol/L)

15.27

15.10

2.42

10

27.00

 HCB (μg/L)

0.10

0.06

0.14

<DL

1.30

 Lead (μmol/L)

0.23

0.15

0.25

0.016

2.50

 Mercury (nmol/L)

34.15

12.42

62.25

<DL

650.00

 Mirex (μg/L)

0.26

0.05

0.51

<DL

4.10

 Molybdenum (nmol/L)

6.15

5.56

3.12

<DL

26.00

 Nickel (nmol/L)

21.84

19.56

10.03

<DL

110.00

 Oxychlordane (μg/L)

0.07

0.03

0.11

<DL

0.97

 PBB-153 (μg/L)

0.02

0.01

0.03

<DL

0.25

 PBDE-100 (μg/L)

0.02

0.01

0.02

<DL

0.13

 PBDE-153 (μg/L)

0.04

0.02

0.04

<DL

0.33

 PBDE-47 (μg/L)

0.06

0.04

0.08

<DL

0.96

 PBDE-99 (μg/L)

0.02

0.01

0.02

<DL

0.20

 PCB-101 (μg/L)

0.02

0.02

0.00

<DL

0.04

 PCB-105 (μg/L)

0.04

0.01

0.09

<DL

1.10

 PCB-118 (μg/L)

0.23

0.06

0.53

<DL

7.30

 PCB-128 (μg/L)

0.01

0.01

0.01

<DL

0.08

 PCB-138 (μg/L)

0.57

0.16

1.02

<DL

9.60

 PCB-153 (μg/L)

1.35

0.36

2.40

<DL

20.00

 PCB-156 (μg/L)

0.16

0.04

0.30

<DL

2.40

 PCB-163 (μg/L)

0.23

0.06

0.44

<DL

3.80

 PCB-170 (μg/L)

0.32

0.08

0.56

<DL

4.10

 PCB-180 (μg/L)

1.16

0.28

2.09

<DL

15.00

 PCB-183 (μg/L)

0.11

0.03

0.18

<DL

1.60

 PCB-187 (μg/L)

0.43

0.10

0.77

<DL

5.90

 PCB-99 (μg/L)

0.10

0.04

0.19

<DL

1.90

 PFHDxS (μg/L)

2.44

1.51

2.81

0.1

26.00

 PFOA (μg/L)

3.31

2.55

2.53

<DL

17.00

 PFOS (μg/L)

12.19

7.53

14.09

0.15

110.00

 p’p’-DDE (μg/L)

2.39

1.09

3.71

0.045

39.00

 p’p’-DDT (μg/L)

0.03

0.03

0.02

0.025

0.14

 Selenium (μmol/L)

2.19

2.17

0.32

<DL

4.90

 Toxaphene-26 (μg/L)

0.01

0.01

0.02

<DL

0.15

 Toxaphene-50 (μg/L)

0.01

0.01

0.02

<DL

0.15

 trans-Nonachlor (μg/L)

0.14

0.05

0.23

<DL

2.10

 Zinc (μmol/L)

96.99

96.22

12.24

63

150.00