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Table 3 Age (mean ± SD), smoking status (number and % in parenthesis), and blood lead (BPb) concentrations (median) of 112 participants

From: A methodological consideration for blood lead concentrations obtained from the earlobe in Japanese adults occupationally unexposed to lead

 

62 males

50 females

p valuea

Age at examination (years)

34 ± 13

31 ± 11

0.183

Smokers + ex-smokers (%)

17 (27.4)

6 (12.0)

0.060

Earlobe BPb level (μg/dL)

0.99

0.73

< 0.001

Cubital vein BPb level (μg/dL)

0.93

0.74

< 0.001

  1. aStudent t test, Fisher exact test, and Mann-Whitney U test were done for age, smoking status, and BPb concentrations, respectively
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Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

ISSN: 1347-4715

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