Table 2.
Mean blood lead levels of children from urban area of Kinshasa in 2011
N | GM [95% CI] | GSD | AM | Median | Min | Max | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All |
100 |
8.7 [8.0-9.5] |
3.7 |
9.5 |
8.6 |
1.5 |
22.0 |
|
Sex a |
Boys |
64 |
8.5 [7.6-9.5] |
3.8 |
9.3 |
8.2 |
2.2 |
22.0 |
Girls | 36 | 9.1 [7.8-10.6] | 3.6 | 9.9 | 9.4 | 1.5 | 20.0 |
a Two -sample t test: p = 0.46, GM, Geometric mean; GSD, Geometric standard deviation; AM, Arithmetic mean; Min, Minimum; Max, Maximum.