Table 5.
Concentrations of heavy metals and bioelements in men with and without hypertension (HA) (AM, arithmetic mean; SD, standard deviation; Med—median; p: probability for trend).
| Metal | HA (n = 171) | Non-HA (n = 142) | p | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AM (SD) | Med | Range | AM (SD) | Med | Range | ||
| Heavy Metals | |||||||
| Pb (mcg/L) | 77.07 (21.90) | 71.11 | 26.10–161.50 | 73.07 (21.30) | 74.05 | 24.30–138.50 | 0.89 |
| Cd (mcg/L) | 1.55 (0.34) | 1.57 | 0.63–3.06 | 1.54 (0.32) | 1.53 | 0.59–2.24 | 0.82 |
| As (mcg/L) | 7.76 (1.68) | 7.80 | 2.48–15.2 | 7.92 (1.49) | 7.95 | 3.83–12.5 | 0.41 |
| Hg (mcg/L) | 4.59 (0.89) | 4.53 | 0.15–9.10 | 4.51 (0.82) | 4.45 | 0.27–7.9 | 0.25 |
| W (mcg/L) | 0.62 (0.01) | 0.61 | 0.15–0.91 | 0.62 (0.01) | 0.63 | 0.39–0.83 | 0.11 |
| Bioelements | |||||||
| Mg (mg/L) | 20.58 (2.59) | 20.5 | 10.0–37.5 | 21.36 (1.61) | 21.3 | 16.6–26.3 | 0.00012 |
| Ca (mg/L) | 95.39 (8.93) | 95.0 | 53.5–159.6 | 95.10 (5.19) | 95.5 | 77.0–109.5 | 0.72 |
| Fe (mg/L) | 1.21 (0.46) | 1.07 | 0.29–3.40 | 1.21 (0.40) | 1.25 | 0.28–2.38 | 0.79 |
| Zn (mg/L) | 0.88 (0.14) | 0.88 | 0.54–1.41 | 0.89 (0.12) | 0.88 | 0.64–1.29 | 0.20 |
| Cu (mg/L) | 1.08 (0.19) | 1.06 | 0.46–1.89 | 1.07 (0.16) | 1.06 | 0.53–1.46 | 0.77 |
| Cr (mcg/L) | 0.44 (0.18) | 0.42 | 0.26–3.17 | 0.49 (0.25) | 0.44 | 0.02–2.74 | 0.09 |
| Mo (mcg/L) | 2.39 (0.64) | 2.32 | 0.44–4.39 | 2.50 (0.63) | 2.43 | 1.35–6.23 | 0.16 |
| Mn (mcg/L) | 1.86 (1.12) | 1.62 | 0.12–10.75 | 1.83 (1.06) | 1.63 | 0.42–8.95 | 0.85 |
| Se (mcg/L) | 105.6 (13.9) | 104.5 | 49.7–170.0 | 105.7 (10.2) | 105.0 | 74.2–136.0 | 0.86 |