Heavy metal exposure and dental caries in children and adolescents: a NHANES-based analysis integrating machine learning approaches.

BMC Pediatr · 2026 · PMC13195908 · PMID 41965589

Europe PMC DOI

hedged sentence

0.0550

closest p · 1.1× alpha

0.0550

boldest claim

The sentences

borderline significancep = 0.055so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

In the middle-income group (1.3 ≤ PIR < 3.49), cadmium (OR = 1.32) had the strongest association, followed by lead (OR = 1.12, p = 0.042); mercury showed a borderline significance ( p = 0.055).

also in 4,352 other papers

Quoted from the open-access full text in Europe PMC under the licence the publisher applied. The sentence is reproduced exactly as published; the emphasis is ours.