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 |
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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. |