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. 2014 Oct 17;123(1):64–71. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1307884

Table 4.

Estimated change in leukocyte cell type proportions by blood and urinary total arsenic concentrations.

Exposure CD8+ T cells CD4+ T cells NK cells B cells Monocytes Granulocytes
Blood arsenic concentration (μg/L)
0.80–2.50 Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
2.51–4.79 0.39 (–1.09, 1.87) –0.57 (–1.59, 0.44) 0.05 (–0.06, 0.15) –0.46 (–1.18, 0.26) 0.04 (–0.47, 0.55) 0.55 (–1.16, 2.26)
4.80–11.20 1.02 (–0.43, 2.47) –0.30 (–1.29, 0.70) 0.02 (–0.08, 0.12) –0.39 (–1.09, 0.32) –0.05 (–0.54, 0.45) –0.31 (–1.99, 1.37)
11.21–81.60 0.47 (–0.97, 1.90) –0.75 (–1.74, 0.24) –0.08 (–0.18, 0.02) –0.41 (–1.11, 0.29) 0.15 (–0.34, 0.64) 0.61 (–1.05, 2.28)
Urinary total arsenic concentration (μg/g)
12.0–75.0 Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
75.1–139.9 0.37 (–1.08, 1.81) –0.72 (–1.71, 0.28) –0.08 (–0.18, 0.02) –0.31 (–1.01, 0.39) 0.25 (–0.24, 0.75) 0.49 (–1.18, 2.16)
140.0–394.9 1.21 (–0.27, 2.69) –0.47 (–1.50, 0.55) –0.02 (–0.13, 0.08) –0.35 (–1.07, 0.37) 0.20 (–0.31, 0.70) –0.56 (–2.28, 1.15)
395.0–2250.0 0.99 (–0.47, 2.45) –1.18 (–2.19, –0.17)* –0.12 (–0.22, –0.01)* –0.68 (–1.39, 0.03) 0.18 (–0.32, 0.68) 0.81 (–0.88, 2.50)
*p < 0.05.