TABLE 1.
Urine Mercury (µg/L) | Hair Mercury(µg/g) | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean (SD) |
Median | Range | Mean (SD) |
Median | Range | |
All participants | 17.0 (77.3) | 2.5 | 0.2 – 708.0 | 1.1 (3.2) | 0.4 | 0.0 – 22.9 |
Gender: | ||||||
Male | 33.1 (116.4)a | 4.4 | 0.2 – 708.0 | 1.5 (3.5)a | 0.6 | 0.2 – 22.9 |
Female | 4.9 (8.0)b | 2.0 | 0.3 – 43.7 | 0.8 (2.9)b | 0.3 | 0.0 – 21.9 |
Mining Site: | ||||||
World Bank | 1.83 (2.3)b | 0.9 | 0.3– 32.9 | 0.3 (0.2)b | 0.3 | 0.0 – 0.6 |
Obuasi | 15.8 (79.7)b | 2.8 | 0.2 – 708.0 | 1.1 (3.5)a | 0.4 | 0.0 – 22.9 |
Kejitia | 38.9 (95.7)a | 3.6 | 0.6 – 178.2 | 1.2 (1.4)a | 0.6 | 0.2 – 4.8 |