Table 5.
Mean urinary 1-HP ng/g creat, exposure, RPE index, and days between end of exposure and sample collection by skin mitigation factors: non-smokers, deployed as firefighters in the first week of the fire, one deployment to sample collection.
| Skin exposure mitigation factor | N | 1-HPµg/g creat | Exposure index | RPE index | Days to sample | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | P | Mean | SD | P | Mean | SD | P | Mean | SD | P | ||
| Able to Change clothes | |||||||||||||
| No | 7 | 136.8 | 85.9 | 0.04 | 45.38 | 26.13 | 0.46 | 0.25 | 0.15 | 0.62 | 10.14 | 1.68 | 0.77 |
| Yes | 13 | 58.7 | 69.5 | 53.92 | 23.36 | 0.21 | 0.18 | 10.38 | 1.81 | ||||
| Shower | |||||||||||||
| No | 7 | 121.7 | 101.7 | 0.16 | 46.35 | 25.30 | 0.55 | 0.23 | 0.16 | 0.92 | 10.71 | 1.89 | 0.44 |
| Yes | 13 | 66.8 | 67.2 | 53.40 | 24.00 | 0.22 | 0.18 | 10.08 | 1.66 | ||||
| Wash in breaks | |||||||||||||
| No | 9 | 128.8 | 105.6 | 0.03 | 50.47 | 28.94 | 0.94 | 0.24 | 0.14 | 0.85 | 10.89 | 1.62 | 0.17 |
| Yes | 11 | 51.1 | 33.0 | 51.31 | 20.68 | 0.22 | 0.19 | 9.82 | 1.72 | ||||
| SEMI score | |||||||||||||
| 0 | 3 | 220.8 | 43.9 | <0.01* | 52.04 | 42.29 | 0.72 | 0.38 | 0.13 | 0.09 | 11.67 | 1.53 | 0.23 |
| 1 | 3 | 74.0 | 41.2 | 35.67 | 7.77 | 0.17 | 0.10 | 9.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 2 | 8 | 67.3 | 87.4 | 50.99 | 19.98 | 0.14 | 0.05 | 10.63 | 1.77 | ||||
| 3 | 6 | 49.8 | 26.8 | 57.42 | 26.91 | 0.30 | 0.24 | 9.83 | 1.84 | ||||
| Overall | 20 | 86.1 | 82.7 | 50.93 | 24.04 | 0.23 | 0.17 | 10.30 | 1.72 |
*Test for linearity P = 0.003.