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. 2012 May 21;7(5):e37412. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037412

Table 5. Determinants of urinary 1-OHPG, 8-OHdG and DNA strand breaks in nonsmoking workers by mixed models (Noa = 234).

Ln urinary 1-OHPG (µg/g creatinine) Ln urinary 8-OHdG (µg/g creatinine) Ln DNA strand breaks (%)
Variables β (95% CI) p-value β (95% CI) p-value β (95% CI) p-value
Age (year) 0.009 (−0.009 to 0.027) 0.328 0.015 (0.003 to0.026) 0.016 0.008 (0.014 to0.001) 0.019
Gender
Female (reference)
Male 0.369 (0.712 to0.026) 0.035 −0.111 (−0.337 to 0.116) 0.334 0.035 (−0.083 to 0.153) 0.557
Educational level
High school (reference)
College −0.056 (−0.322 to 0.435) 0.770 0.124 (−0.370 to 0.124) 0.323 0.122 (−0.253 to 0.010) 0.069
Group
Control group (reference)
Exposed group 0.634 (0.228 to 1.040) 0.003 0.379 (0.108 to 0.649) 0.007 0.621 (0.477 to 0.765) <0.001
Season
Winter (reference)
Spring 0.125 (−0.222 to 0.472) 0.477 −0.256 (−0.483 to −0.029) 0.027 0.023 (−0.097 to 0.143) 0.701
Summer 0.080 (−0.457 to 0.616) 0.769 −0.506 (−0.857 to −0.156) 0.005 0.051 (−0.143 to 0.245) 0.603
Fall 0.083 (−0.385 to 0.550) 0.727 −0.237 (−0.542 to 0.067) 0.125 0.094 (−0.065 to 0.253) 0.242
Ln 1-OHPG (µg/g creatinine) 0.101 (0.014 to 0.187) 0.023 0.007 (−0.036 to 0.051) 0.732
Ln 8-OHdG (µg/g creatinine) −0.019 (−0.088to 0.050) 0.587
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Abbreviations: number of observations (No).