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Table 2 IQ and SC in different urinary As groups

From: Arsenic contamination in groundwater and its effects on adolescent intelligence and social competence in Bangladesh with special reference to daily drinking/cooking water intake

Variable

IQ percentile (mean ± SD)

SC score (mean ± SD)

Urine As (μg/L)

 Groups

  Low (n = 171)

50.5 ± 24.3b

39.0 ± 6.6b

  Medium (n = 99)

40.6 ± 18.7a

35.2 ± 7.0a

  High (n = 42)

40.9 ± 19.3a

34.7 ± 6.2a

  1. Values with different letters within the same column are statistically different
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Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

ISSN: 1347-4715

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