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. 2005 Jun 27;113(11):1509–1515. doi: 10.1289/ehp.7927

Table 2.

Medians of selected demographic, exposure, and outcome variables in Korean lead workers by ALAD and VDR genotype in two groups dichotomized by median age (40.6 years).

ALAD
VDR
Age < 40.6 years
Age ≥ 40.6 years
Age < 40.6 years
Age ≥ 40.6 years
Characteristic 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 bb Bb or BB bb Bb or BB
No.a 355 42 361 37 360 38 349 51
Age (years) 32.8 33.3 48.6 49.4 32.7 33.7 48.3 49.7
Lead job duration (years) 3.9 4.1 9.7 9.5 3.8 4.2 9.8 8.3
Blood lead (μg/dL) 28.8 31.9 30.4 34.3 29.5 29.4 30.4 35.5
Tibia lead (μg Pb/g bone mineral) 20.9 22.1 30.7 25.6 20.9 25.4 29.4 35.1
DMSA-chelatable lead (μg Pb/mg creatinine) 0.39 0.54 0.64 0.64 0.39 0.60 0.62 0.82
Uric acid (mg/dL) 5.1 4.9 4.4 4.1 5.1 5.2 4.4 4.2
BUN (mg/dL) 13.9 12.4 14.4 13.7 13.7 13.1 14.4 14.0
Serum creatinine (mg/dL) 0.93 0.89 0.88 0.81 0.92 0.91 0.87 0.86
Measured creatinine clearance (mL/min) 121.8 119.0 101.4 108.9 121.5 118.1 103.3 100.6
Calculated creatinine clearance (mL/min) 102.9 102.0 83.4 85.4 102.8 101.6 83.6 83.1
a

Actual value, not median.