Table 1.

Geometric means of urine metals (µg/L) by participant characteristics. All metals standardized by specific gravity.

	N	As	Ba	Cd	Co	Cs	Cu	Mn	Mo	Ni	Pb	Se	Sr	Tl	W	Zn
Sex
Men	100	79.84	1.07	0.41	0.35	9.30	9.58	0.36	64.72	3.39	2.41	10.59	79.04	0.16	0.25	208.51
Women	99	68.72	1.11	0.45	0.41	9.68	8.67	0.70	58.56	2.92	2.29	9.03	75.19	0.17	0.19	112.17
p-value		0.2	0.8	0.4	0.03	0.6	0.2	0.001	0.4	0.1	0.6	0.03	0.6	0.5	0.1	<0.001
Current smoker
Yes	60	81.45	1.02	0.48	0.38	9.03	9.68	0.39	70.11	3.67	2.53	10.8	88.23	0.16	0.26	210.61
No	139	71.52	1.12	0.41	0.38	9.68	8.94	0.56	57.97	2.94	2.27	9.39	72.97	0.17	0.20	132.95
p-value		0.3	0.6	0.2	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.03	0.3	0.07	0.08	0.6	0.1	<0.001
Betel nut user
Yes	69	82.27	1.28	0.53	0.44	10.7	9.39	0.57	57.97	3.60	2.25	10.28	80.64	0.17	0.20	154.47
No	130	70.81	1.00	0.39	0.35	8.94	8.94	0.47	63.43	2.94	2.39	9.49	75.19	0.16	0.23	152.93
p-value		0.3	0.1	0.01	0.009	0.02	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.04	0.6	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.4	>0.9
Owns TV
Yes	58	54.60	1.28	0.42	0.38	9.12	9.12	0.58	50.40	3.22	2.77	9.97	75.94	0.18	0.17	169.02
No	141	84.77	1.02	0.44	0.38	9.68	9.12	0.47	66.69	3.13	2.18	9.68	77.48	0.16	0.24	146.94
p-value		0.001	0.2	0.8	0.8	0.5	>0.9	0.4	0.02	0.8	0.02	0.7	0.8	0.2	0.02	0.3
Fabric dye use
Yes	15	75.94	0.82	0.45	0.33	8.85	8.00	0.33	60.34	2.97	2.34	8.76	57.97	0.17	0.17	167.34
No	184	74.44	1.12	0.43	0.38	9.58	9.21	0.52	61.56	3.16	2.34	9.87	79.04	0.17	0.22	152.93
p-value		0.9	0.3	0.8	0.3	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.9	0.7	>0.9	0.4	0.1	>0.9	0.3	0.7
Fertilizer/pesticide use
Yes	81	86.49	1.20	0.47	0.38	9.49	9.39	0.48	72.24	3.53	2.25	10.07	79.84	0.16	0.26	194.42
No	118	67.36	1.02	0.41	0.38	9.58	8.94	0.52	55.15	2.92	2.41	9.58	75.19	0.17	0.20	130.32
p-value		0.05	0.3	0.3	0.8	0.9	0.6	0.6	0.02	0.04	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.05	<0.001
Occupation, male
Day labor	8	86.49	1.07	0.68	0.45	10.07	12.68	0.31	75.94	5.47	2.72	13.2	97.51	0.19	0.38	278.66
Farmer	18	130.32	0.95	0.51	0.36	9.87	8.17	0.38	87.36	3.35	1.90	9.12	61.56	0.14	0.36	186.79
Factory	24	99.48	0.85	0.36	0.34	9.78	9.12	0.27	77.48	3.19	2.39	10.07	84.77	0.15	0.27	165.67
Other	50	59.74	1.25	0.37	0.34	8.85	9.97	0.42	51.94	3.25	2.56	10.91	81.45	0.17	0.19	230.44
p-value		0.01	0.4	0.1	0.5	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.05	0.2	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.06	0.2
Occupation, female
Homemaker	95	68.72	1.05	0.46	0.41	9.78	8.76	0.62	59.74	2.94	2.32	9.21	75.19	0.17	0.19	115.58
Other	4	75.94	3.35	0.35	0.38	8.76	7.32	11.70	36.23	2.39	1.45	6.42	66.02	0.15	0.21	50.91
p-value		0.8	0.05	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.5	<0.001	0.2	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.7	0.6	0.8	0.02
Water arsenic quartiles (µg/L)
<15	50	38.09	1.20	0.49	0.43	9.49	9.68	0.36	61.56	3.29	2.23	10.38	85.63	0.17	0.14	154.47
15-<67	50	72.24	1.15	0.39	0.34	8.94	8.58	0.66	50.40	2.83	2.08	9.78	67.36	0.17	0.21	133.95
67-<167	48	94.69	1.14	0.39	0.37	10.07	9.21	0.56	58.56	3.06	2.51	9.49	81.45	0.17	0.23	172.43
≥167	51	119.10	0.90	0.46	0.39	9.58	9.12	0.48	79.04	3.49	2.64	9.49	75.19	0.16	0.34	156.02
p-value		<0.001	0.5	0.4	0.2	0.7	0.7	0.2	0.04	0.4	0.3	0.8	0.4	0.8	<0.001	0.4