Table 2

Exposure distributions and physical characteristics of 97 women from Pabna, Bangladesh


mean
SD
median
range

urinary measures




     Total urinary arsenic (μg/l)
39.5
53.1
22.6
1.35 – 431.3
     8-OHdG (μg/l)*
6.1
9.0
3.3
0.64 – 82.6
     Creatinine (mg/dl)
48.3
33.9
39.4
4.3 – 230.5
toenail measure




     Toenail arsenic (μg/g)
1.4
1.5
0.8
0.22 – 10.16
drinking water measure




     Water arsenic (μg/l)
64.7
115.9
1.46
0.5 – 591
physical characteristics




     Age
34.8
12.9
33.0
17 – 70
     BMI
21.3
3.6
21.4
12.9 -30.3

*25% of 8-OHdG values were below the LOD.

repeated measurements for each woman were included separately for a total of 290 values

Breton et al. Environmental Health 2007 6:39   doi:10.1186/1476-069X-6-39