Table 4.

Lifestyle factors, current diseases, and head injuries in 91 dental assistants with previous exposure to metallic mercury in dental health care

Life style factors and diseases / injuries	Prevalence in %
Smoking
Never	45.1
Previous smoker	38.5
Occasionally	5.5
Daily smoker	11.0
Alcohol consumption during the last year
No	3.3
Yes, but more seldom than every week	53.8
Yes, every week	42.9
Diseases / injuries
Cardiovascular disease	19.8
Hypertension	31.9
Epilepsy	1.1
Hypothyreosis	12.1
Previous head injury	13.2