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. 2010 Oct;51(5):451–460. doi: 10.3325/cmj.2010.51.451

Table 6.

Hair concentrations of metals/metalloid (mg/kg) in study participants from areas of moderate and heavy fighting in eastern Croatia


Participants from areas of moderate fighting (n = 46)
Participants from areas of heavy fighting (n = 127)
P
PRR (mg/kg)
PRR (mg/kg)§
median (IQR)*
median (IQR)*
Aluminum
7.33 (5.02-12.09)
12.61 (7.65-21.84)
<0.001
NA
0.26-5.30
Arsenic
0.05 (0.03-0.05)
0.32 (0.16-0.72)
<0.001
NA
0.03-0.08
Barium
1.10 (0.59-2.69)
1.31 (0.79-2.59)
0.229
NA
0.05-1.58
Cadmium
0.02 (0.01-0.04)
0.03 (0.02-0.07)
0.002
NA
0.004-0.17
Chromium
0.51 (0.22-0.83)
0.36 (0.21-1.30)
0.997
0.2-2.0
0.11-0.52
Copper
10.77 (9.41-14.17)
10.73 (9.04-14.00)
0.726
NA
9.0-61.3
Iron
12.68 (8.41-26.26)
22.58 (13.16-39.71)
0.001
NA
NA
Nickel
0.28 (0.19-0.50)
0.36 (0.23-0.63)
0.085
0.2-1.0
0.08-0.90
Lead
0.69 (0.34-1.43)
1.04 (0.56-2.82)
0.006
NA
0.13-4.57
Uranium
0.00 (0.00-0.01)
0.00 (0.00-0.00)
<0.001
NA
0.002-0.03
Vanadium
0.03 (0.01-0.07)
0.07 (0.04-0.13)
<0.001
0.004-0.140
0.001-0.051
Zinc 117.87 (100.47-141.70) 122.58 (98.92-147.10) 0.883 NA 129-209

*Abbreviations: IQR – interquartile range between the 25th and 75th quartiles; NA – not available; PRR – proposed reference range.

†Mann-Whitney test.

‡Source: Bogadi-Šare et al (17).

§Source: Heitland and Koster (30).