Table 2.
Demographic characteristics of the study population.
| Control (n = 36) |
Gold miners (n = 53) |
p value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | Mean ± SE | n (%) | Mean ± SE | ||
| Age (years) | 35.19 ± 2.83 | 34.38 ± 1.51 | 0.783 | ||
| Sex | <0.001 | ||||
| Men | 12 (33.33) | 51 (96.23) | |||
| Women | 24 (66.67) | 2 (3.77) | |||
| Time of exposure (years) | 7.72 ± 1.43 | ||||
| Smoking habit | 0.585 | ||||
| Non smoker | 7 (22.58) | 15 (28.30) | |||
| Ex-smoker | 22 (70.97) | 32 (60.38) | |||
| Smoker | 2 (6.45) | 6 (11.32) | |||
| Cumulative smoking: Package/year | 2.90 ± 1.10 | 4.52 ± 2.37 | 1.000 | ||
| Frequency of fish consumption | 0.01 | ||||
| Never | 0 | 3 (5.66) | |||
| Once per month | 7 (19.44) | 25 (47.17) | |||
| Once per week | 11 (30.56) | 14 (26.42) | |||
| 2–4 times per week | 14 (38.89) | 10 (18.87) | |||
| Everyday | 4 (11.11) | 1 (1.89) | |||
SE: Standard Error. χ2 test for frequencies. Mann–Whitney U-test.