Table 4.
Summary of measurements in 46 spray paintersa stratified by paint booth type
| Variable | Booth type | nb | Nc | Summary statistics | 
P-valuesd | ||
| GM | GSD | Range | |||||
| Plasma HDA (μg) | Downdraft | 31 | 72 | 0.15 | 3.48 | <0.02–2.85 | 0.0108 | 
| Semi-downdraft | 10 | 21 | 0.35 | 3.53 | <0.02–3.61 | ||
| Crossdraft | 6 | 15 | 0.26 | 2.79 | 0.03–0.83 | ||
| Overall | 46 | 108 | 0.29 | 3.53 | <0.02–3.61 | ||
| HDI adjusted inhalation (μg) | Downdraft | 31 | 72 | 0.05 | 9.35 | <0.0002–5.91 | 0.0051 | 
| Semi-downdraft | 10 | 21 | 0.05 | 10.5 | 0.001–1.70 | ||
| Crossdraft | 6 | 15 | 0.39 | 5.04 | 0.013–4.94 | ||
| Overall | 46 | 108 | 0.07 | 9.76 | <0.0002–5.91 | ||
| HDI unadjusted inhalation (μg) | Downdraft | 31 | 72 | 1.18 | 4.46 | <0.02–59.1 | <0.0001 | 
| Semi-downdraft | 10 | 21 | 6.88 | 2.49 | 0.84–21.4 | ||
| Crossdraft | 6 | 15 | 3.33 | 4.80 | 0.13–49.4 | ||
| Overall | 46 | 108 | 1.92 | 4.84 | <0.02–59.1 | ||
| HDI dermal (μg) | Downdraft | 31 | 72 | 1.94 | 7.31 | <0.10–1023 | <0.0001 | 
| Semi-downdraft | 10 | 21 | 28.8 | 8.82 | 0.24–440 | ||
| Crossdraft | 6 | 15 | 33.3 | 8.91 | 1.14–538 | ||
| Overall | 46 | 108 | 4.86 | 11.2 | <0.10–1023 | ||
Among workers performing paint tasks on day of sample collection (N = 108). Multiple imputation (n = 10 imputed datasets) was used to impute plasma data below MDL.
Number of workers.
Number of samples.
P-value determined using Tukey–Kramer multiple comparisons testing.