Table 3.

Mercury levels measured in blood and urine at different time points

	Mean ± SD	Median [IQR]	p	p′	p″
Blood mercury level at admission (n = 82)	46.13 ± 55.10	23.82 [31.37]	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.011#  < 0.001$ 0.011£
Blood mercury level in fifth day (n = 82)	8.88 ± 16.01	2.88 [6.49]
Blood mercury level after oral treatment (n = 17)	4.03 ± 2.49	4.48 [3.4]
Urine mercury level within 24-h (n = 82)	27.95 ± 52.17	5.54 [13.57]	0.004	< 0.001	0.049#  < 0.001$ 0.011£
Urine mercury level in fifth day (n = 82)	13.11 ± 21.76	4.87 [8.51]
Urine mercury level after oral treatment (n = 17)	5.00 ± 3.43	4.31 [5.27]

SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range

p value for comparison between admission and the fifth day

p value for comparison among admission, fifth day, and after oral treatment

p value for post hoc tests

#: p value for comparison of admission vs. fifth day

$: p value for comparison of admission vs. after oral treatment

£: p value for comparison of the fifth day vs. after oral treatment