From: Peripheral neuropathy induced by drinking water contaminated with low-dose arsenic in Myanmar
Symptom | < 10 ppb | ≥ 10 ppb | P | < 50 ppb | ≥ 50 ppb | P | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All participants (≥ 5 years old, N = 1867) | |||||||
Smell defects | Yes | 13 (1.4) | 14 (1.5) | 0.497 | 24 (1.6) | 3 (0.9) | 0.230 |
No | 922 | 918 | 1495 | 345 | |||
Visual defects | Yes | 298 (31.9) | 288 (30.9) | 0.344 | 486 (32.0) | 100 (28.7) | 0.132 |
No | 637 | 644 | 1033 | 248 | |||
Taste defects | Yes | 12 (1.3) | 19 (2.0) | 0.137 | 23 (1.5) | 8 (2.3) | 0.207 |
No | 923 | 913 | 1496 | 340 | |||
Hearing defects | Yes | 63 (6.7) | 68 (7.3) | 0.351 | 109 (7.2) | 22 (6.4) | 0.334 |
No | 872 | 864 | 1410 | 324 | |||
Feeling of weakness | Yes | 122 (13.0) | 164 (17.6) | 0.004** | 232 (15.3) | 54 (15.5) | 0.483 |
No | 813 | 768 | 1287 | 294 | |||
Chronic numbness or pain | Yes | 191 (20.4) | 230 (24.7) | 0.016* | 342 (22.5) | 79 (22.7) | 0.495 |
No | 744 | 702 | 1177 | 269 | |||
Children (5–15 years old, n = 456) | |||||||
Smell defects | Yes | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ||
No | 240 | 216 | 366 | 90 | |||
Visual defects | Yes | 8 (3.3) | 5 (2.3) | 0.358 | 12 (3.3) | 1 (1.1) | 0.237 |
No | 232 | 211 | 354 | 89 | |||
Taste defects | Yes | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ||
No | 240 | 216 | 366 | 90 | |||
Hearing defects | Yes | 2 (0.8) | 3 (1.4) | 0.451 | 3 (0.8) | 2 (2.2) | 0.257 |
No | 238 | 213 | 363 | 88 | |||
Feeling of weakness | Yes | 8 (3.3) | 5 (2.3) | 0.358 | 10 (2.7) | 3 (3.3) | 0.490 |
No | 232 | 211 | 356 | 87 | |||
Chronic numbness or pain | Yes | 9 (3.8) | 7 (3.2) | 0.486 | 11 (3.0) | 5 (5.6) | 0.190 |
No | 231 | 209 | 355 | 85 |