Table 1

Spearman correlation of average tobacco rod nicotine, and the primary metals of interest

Average rod nicotineAsCdCrNiPb
Average rod nicotine1.000.410*−0.024−0.223*−0.310*0.322*
As0.410*1.000.182†−0.255*−0.313*0.801*
Cd−0.0240.182†1.00−0.221*0.1220.289*
Cr−0.223*−0.255*−0.221*1.000.248*−0.222*
Ni−0.310*−0.313*0.1220.248*1.00−0.312*
Pb0.322*0.801*0.289*−0.222*−0.312*1.00

  • *Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (two tailed).

  • †Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (two tailed).