Table 4.
Arsenic levels and metabolite | mHealth and Filter arm () | Intensive arm () | Intensive arm vs. mHealth and Filter arm ()a | mHealth and Filter arm () | Intensive arm () | Intensive arm vs. mHealth and Filter arm ()a | ||||
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GM (range) | GM (range) | GM ratio | (95% CI) | -Value | Mean (range) | Mean (range) | MD | (95% CI) | -Value | |
Urinary arsenic ( creatinine) | 6.55 (1.51–46.7) | 7.82 (1.45–32.7) | 1.21 | (0.77, 1.90) | 0.413 | — | — | — | — | — |
Arsenic metabolites | ||||||||||
iAs% | — | — | — | — | — | 11.8 (3.68–30.6) | 18.8 (1.40–80.3) | 4.89 | (, 11.08) | 0.122 |
MMA% | — | — | — | — | — | 11.8 (3.26–23.1) | 11.6 (3.29–18.9) | (, 0.38) | 0.145 | |
DMA% | — | — | — | — | — | 76.3 (53.5–93.1) | 69.7 (16.5–90.3) | (, 2.40) | 0.230 |
Note: Urinary arsenic was defined as the sum of inorganic arsenic (iAs), monomethylarsonic acid (MMA), and dimethylarsinic acid (DMA) measurements, with GMs reported. —, Not applicable; CI, confidence interval; DMA%, percentage dimethylated arsenic; GM, geometric mean; iAs%, percentage inorganic arsenic species; MD, mean difference; %, percentages of species over the sum of inorganic and methylated arsenic species; MMA%, percentage of monomethylated arsenic.
Adjusted for sociodemographic factors (sex and age) and lifestyle factors (ever smoking and baseline BMI). Urinary arsenic was log-transformed for analysis. Regression analyses were performed using generalized estimating equations to account for clustering at the household level using an exchangeable correlation. Participants without urinary arsenic data were excluded.