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. 2013 Oct 11;25:21. doi: 10.1186/2052-4374-25-21

Table 2.

The concentrations of urinary speciated inorganic arsenic metabolites by smoking status and seafood intake

  As 3+ As 5+ MMA DMA As 3+ + As 5+ As 3+ + As 5+ +MMA As 3+ + As 5+ +MMA + DMA
No smoking
 AM
 1.67
 0.58
 2.96
 33.72
 2.25
 5.21
 38.93
(N = 22)
 GM
 1.33
 0.37
 2.62
 26.92
 1.80
 4.51
 32.48
GSD
 1.90
 2.74
 1.71
 2.05
 1.92
 1.74
 1.91
Med
 1.17
 0.45
 2.89
 29.45
 1.53
 4.57
 33.85
Min
 0.62
 0.10
 0.62
 6.30
 0.72
 1.33
 8.22
Max
 6.51
 2.52
 6.50
 88.30
 7.80
 14.30
 93.15
Smoking
 AM
 1.56
 0.37
 3.13
 32.94
 1.94
 5.07
 38.01
(N = 13)
 GM
 1.70
 0.27
 2.85
 26.86
 1.76
 4.69
 32.12
GSD
 1.62
 2.38
 1.59
 2.00
 1.64
 1.52
 1.88
Med
 1.70
 0.35
 2.59
 29.62
 2.21
 4.67
 36.93
Min
 0.55
 0.10
 1.27
 10.27
 0.65
 2.70
 13.56
Max
 2.49
 0.94
 5.37
 69.39
 2.83
 7.94
 74.07
P-value
  
 0.75
 0.40
 0.63
 0.99
 0.92
 0.83
 0.96
No seafood
 AM
 1.82
 0.41
 3.23
 29.23
 2.23
 5.46
 34.69
(N = 22)
 GM
 1.50
 0.29
 2.93
 23.98
 1.87
 4.89
 29.41
GSD
 1.83
 2.40
 1.59
 1.95
 1.78
 1.61
 1.85
Med
 1.45
 0.35
 2.93
 25.73
 1.62
 4.97
 32.16
Min
 0.65
 0.10
 1.08
 6.30
 0.84
 1.92
 8.22
Max
 6.51
 1.28
 6.50
 60.18
 7.80
 14.30
 65.15
Seafood
 AM
 1.30
 0.66
 2.68
 40.54
 1.96
 4.64
 45.18
(N = 13)
 GM
 1.16
 0.40
 2.37
 32.65
 1.64
 4.09
 37.99
GSD
 1.67
 2.96
 1.74
 2.08
 1.87
 1.71
 1.91
Med
 1.14
 0.50
 2.48
 39.31
 1.94
 4.07
 40.65
Min
 0.55
 0.10
 0.62
 8.88
 0.65
 1.33
 10.96
Max
 2.62
 2.52
 5.37
 88.30
 5.14
 9.53
 93.15
P-value   0.20 0.33 0.23 0.21 0.52 0.31 0.25

As3+: trivalent arsenic, As5+: pentavalent arsenic, GM, Geometric mean; GSD, Geometric standard deviation; N, Number of subjects; MMA, Monomethylarsonic acid; DMA, Dimethylarsinic acid, P-value: probability by t-test.