Table 3. Comparison between DNA fragmentation, frequency of micronucleus and viability in gasoline station workers and controls.
Items | Gasoline station workers (n=62) Mean ± SD |
Controls (n=62) Mean ± SD |
Mann- Whitney test |
p |
---|---|---|---|---|
DNA fragmentation (OD) | 23.39 ± 4.45 | 3.75 ± 0.87 | 8.57* | 0.000 |
Micronucleus % | 2.18 ± 1.33 | 0.45 ± 0.06 | 2.54 | 0.001 |
Dead cells % | 15.25 ± 13.66 | 4.50 ± 0.58 | 1.54 | 0.020 |
OD: optical density OD: optical density and *t-test was used