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Detectable Rate of Heavy Metal in the Maternal and Cord Blood
| Heavy metal | Mothers (N=81)
|
Newborns (N=81)
|
p Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Detectable rate (%) | N | Detectable rate (%) | ||
| Se | 80 | 98.8 | 80 | 98.8 | 1.000 |
| Pb | 80 | 98.8 | 80 | 98.8 | 1.000 |
| As | 80 | 98.8 | 80 | 98.8 | 1.000 |
| Cd | 80 | 98.8 | 80 | 98.8 | 1.000 |
| Tl | 64 | 79.0 | 58 | 71.6 | 0.058 |
| Ni | 53 | 65.4 | 42 | 51.9 | 0.028 |
| V | 30 | 37.0 | 50 | 61.7 | 0.002 |
| Co | 22 | 27.2 | 22 | 27.2 | 1.000 |
| Hg | 4 | 4.9 | 10 | 12.4 | 0.034 |
