Table 5 Characteristics of urine samples from car body repair shop workers per time interval (0 = midnight before working day); fraction of samples above LOD, OR of being above the LOD versus 0–8 am working day (corrected for repeated measurements), and concentration range and median in samples above LOD.
| Time interval | Fraction above LOD | OR (95% CI) detectable samples | Median level (range) detects (μg HDA/g C) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0–8 am | 6/38 | – | 13.1 (6.8–50.2) |
| 8–12 am | 7/41 | 1.10 (0.85–1.44) | 7.3 (2.3–67.8) |
| 0–3 pm | 4/35 | 1.06 (0.59–1.91) | 21.5 (2.7–150.2) |
| 3–6 pm | 7/30 | 2.13 (1.07–4.22) | 18.0 (1.9–89.9) |
| 6–12 pm | 12/45 | 2.00 (0.91–4.40) | 20.6 (1.9–61.7) |
| 0–8 am next day | 12/46 | 2.04 (0.91–4.59) | 8.1 (3.2–65.6) |