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. 2019 Dec 27;11(12):e6477. doi: 10.7759/cureus.6477

Table 2. Urine toxic metals.

Urine metals at baseline and infusion 40, expressed as mean (CI). Units μg metal per gram creatinine to control for urine concentration. *p-value <0.05 Paired t-test pre-ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid to post-ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid at baseline. #p-value <0.05. Paired t-test pre-ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid to post-ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid at infusion 40.

Urine Metal Pre-Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid baseline Post-Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid Baseline Pre-Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid infusion 40 Post-Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid infusion 40
Aluminum (Al) 5.4 (0.7, 10.1) 29.4 (8.4, 50.4) 6.7 (3.5, 10.0) 14.2 (7.4, 21.1)#
Antimony (Sb) 0.0 (0.3, 0.5) 0.2 (-0.1, 0.5) 0. (0, 0.1) 0.1 (-0.1, 0.2)
Arsenic (As) 22.6 (13.9, 31.2) 15.6 (11.1, 20.1)* 20.3 (2.1, 38.4) 46.3 (-29.5, 122.1)
Barium (Ba) 0.8 (-0.1, 1.7) 1.2 (0.6, 1.8) 1.3 (-1.1, 3.6) 0.4 (0, 0.8)
Bismuth (Bi) 2.0 (-1.9, 5.9) 5.0 (-4.8, 14.8) 2.7 (-3.9, 9.4) 2.3 (-3.3, 7.9)
Cadmium (Cd) 0.6 (0.51, 0.79) 3.6 (2.3, 4.9) * 0.6 (0, 1.3) 4.0 (1.9, 6.0)#
Cesium (Cs) 6.5 (4.1, 8.6) 4.6 (2.8, 6.3) * 5.2 (3.4, 7.0) 4.9 (2.7, 7.2)
Gadolinium (Gd) .5 (-0.3, 1.3) 25.4 (0.7, 50) 0.1 (0, 0.2) 10.1 (-0.3, 20.6)
Lead (Pb) 0.6 (0.3, 0.9) 23 (11.5, 34.5) * 0.2 (0, 0.3) 7.4 (3.0, 11.7) #
Mercury (Hg) 0.5 (0.1, 0.9) 0.4 (0.1, 0.7) 0.5 (0, 1.1) 0.6 (0.0, 1.1)
Nickel (Ni) 3.3 (1.17, 5.4) 8.1 (5.2, 10.9) 3.0 (2.1, 4.0) 6.1 (2.9, 9.2) #
Thallium (Tl) 0.2 (0.1, 0.3) 0.2 (0.1, 0.3) 0.2 (0.1, 0.2) 0.1 (0.1, 0.2)
Tin (Sn) 5.7 (-4.2, 15.6) 74.8 (-70.4, 220) 0.7 (0.5, 0.9) 0.8 (0.6, 1.0)
Tungsten (W) 0.2 (0.1, 0.34) 0.1 (-0.3, 0.6) 0.2 (0.1, 0.3) 0.1 (0.1, 0.2)