Table 6.
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 |