Table 3.
Mn and Fe Metal Data from Mn Mine Workers and Non-Mn Mine Workers (n =12)
| Metal | Region | Non-Mn Mine Workers (n = 5) |
Mn Mine Workers (n = 7) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mn (mean µg/g ± SD) | Caudate | 0.100 ± 0.048 | 0.111 ± 0.046 | 0.943 |
| Globus Pallidus | 0.154 ± 0.043 | 0.163 ± 0.033 | 0.811 | |
| Putamen | 0.118 ± 0.050 | 0.124 ± 0.045 | 0.897 | |
| Fe (mean µg/g ± SD) | Caudate | 73.7 ± 36.0 | 61.8 ± 18.6 | 0.269 |
| Globus Pallidus | 164.2 ± 37.5 | 131.4 ± 38.6 | 0.522 | |
| Putamen | 98.62 ± 55.5 | 83.5 ± 31.9 | 0.475 | |
| Mn/Fe Ratio (mean ± SD) | Caudate | 0.0017 ± 0.0014 | 0.0019 ± 0.0010 | 0.974 |
| Globus Pallidus | 0.0010 ± 0.0004 | 0.0013 ± 0.0005 | 0.698 | |
| Putamen | 0.0015 ± 0.0011 | 0.0016 ± 0.0007 | 0.812 |
Multivariate generalized linear modeling compared differences between groups for each region adjusted for time from last Mn exposure to death.