Acrylic blanket factory workers | Zinc smelter workers | Two-way ANOVA | |||||||
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Never-smokers | Ex-smokers | Current smokers | Never-smokers | Ex-smokers | Current smokers | Occupation | Smoking | Interaction | |
N (%) | 19 (36.5) | 12 (23.1) | 21 (40.4) | 41 (30.6) | 38 (28.4) | 55 (41.0) | |||
Age (years) | 40.6 (10.1) | 42.4 (8.4) | 39.6 (8.4) | 35.5 (10.1) | 42.7 (10.6) | 39.0 (10.9) | 0.29 | 0.10 | 0.36 |
BMI (kg/m²) | 25.1 (3.7) | 25.2 (4.0) | 23.3 (3.4)* | 26.1 (2.9) | 25.8 (3.1) | 24.3 (3.3)* | 0.07 | 0.004 | 0.94 |
Employment (years) | 10.6 (7.3) | 12 (8.3) | 9.6 (7.1) | 9.4 (10.3) | 14.7 (8.8) | 12.2 (9.3) | 0.36 | 0.22 | 0.46 |
Pack-years (N) | - | 14.9 (9.4) | 18.8 (11.8) | - | 14.2 (7.6) | 17.5 (9.20) | 0.87 | - | - |
B-Pb (μg/l) | 46 (36-58) | 55 (44-58) | 49 (36-59) | 95 (76-137) | 89(70-116) | 116 (86-143) | <0.001 | 0.51 | 0.34 |
B-Cd (μg/l) | 0.40 (0.30-0.45) | 0.50 (0.45-0.85) | 0.90 (0.70-1.23)* $ | 0.50 (0.30-0.70) | 0.60 (0.40-0.80) | 1.20 (0.80-1.70)* $ | 0.09 | <0.001 | 0.92 |
U-Cd (μg/g cr) | 0.53 (0.37-0.68) | 0.78 (0.67-0.90) | 0.65 (0.48-1.02) | 0.48 (0.37-0.81) | 0.76 (0.55-1.18)* | 1.00 (0.70-1.37)* | 0.37 | <0.001 | 0.19 |
U-Zn (mg/g cr) | 0.23 (0.18-0.35) | 0.28 (0.27-0.39) | 0.26 (0.21-0.32) | 0.26 (0.16-0.40) | 0.28 (0.21-0.48) | 0.32 (0.20-0.47) | 0.34 | 0.19 | 0.38 |
U-ALB (mg/g cr) | 5.4 (3.4-8.5) | 6.9 (4.7-9.1) | 5.6 (4.0-9.6) | 7.9 (5.0-10.8) | 8.3 (4.2-12.4) | 7.8 (4.7-14.3) | 0.09 | 0.28 | 0.97 |
U-Protein-HC (mg/g cr) | 9.3 (5.9-17.4) | 15.5 (10.9-18.6) | 13.1 (8.6-22.7) | 9.4 (5.5-14.1) | 12.6 (8.5-20.8) | 16.0 (9.9-27.5)* | 0.82 | 0.01 | 0.63 |
U-RBP (mg/g cr) | 120 (91.3-146) | 149 (107-232) | 153 (102-194) | 122 (85-161) | 123 (90-152) | 172 (141-200) | 0.74 | 0.01 | 0.99 |
U-Creatinine(g/l) | 1.14 (0.91-1.73) | 1.10 (0.94-1.33) | 1.18 (0.95-1.51) | 1.31 (0.88-1.78) | 1.27 (0.85-1.66) | 1.08 (0.78-1.51) | 0.73 | 0.44 | 0.77 |