Table 4.
PA content of thirty-two flour samples collected from affected villages, Gulran District, Afghanistan, 2008.
| Flour Samples median, (mg/kg) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cases n = 12 | Controls n = 20 | |
|
| ||
| Heliotrinea | 0.16 | 0.07 |
| Heliotrine-N-oxide | 5.4 | 2.6 |
| Lasiocarpineb | 0.045 | 0.025 |
| (quantified against echemidine) | ||
|
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| TOTAL PA | 5.6 | 2.7 |
Mann-Whitney rank-sum test between cases and controls for flour samples:
a: z = 2.0, P = .050
b: z = 1.9, P = .057.