Table 3.
Concentrations (µg/g) of trace elements in samples of autopsy tissues collected in 2019 according to the age of the subjects.
Tissue | <35 years (n = 3) | 35–65 years (n = 10) | >65 years (n = 7) | |||||||
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Mean | ± | St. Dev. | Mean | ± | St. Dev. | Mean | ± | St. Dev. | ||
LIVER | As | <0.10 | <0.10 | <0.10 | ||||||
Be | <0.10 | <0.10 | <0.10 | |||||||
Cd | 0.99 | ± | 0.53 | 0.55 | ± | 0.34 | 0.96 | ± | 0.86 | |
Cr | 0.47 | ± | 0.19 | 0.46 | ± | 0.19 | 0.48 | ± | 0.16 | |
Hg | <0.10 | <0.10 | 0.08 | |||||||
Mn | 1.32 | ± | 0.45 | 1.06 | ± | 0.24 | 1.24 | ± | 0.25 | |
Ni | 0.13 | ± | 0.00 | 0.14 | ± | 0.05 | 0.16 | ± | 0.08 | |
Pb | 0.23 | ± | 0.28 | 0.33 | ± | 0.58 | 0.08 | ± | 0.09 | |
Sn | 2.03 | ± | 1.20 | 1.20 | ± | 0.30 | 1.21 | ± | 0.11 | |
Tl | <0.025 | <0.025 | <0.025 | |||||||
V | <0.50 | <0.50 | <0.50 | |||||||
KIDNEY | As | <0.10 | <0.10 | <0.10 | ||||||
Be | <0.10 | <0.10 | <0.10 | |||||||
Cd | 5.50 | ± | 3.54 | 12.98 | ± | 8.99 | 10.81 | ± | 7.94 | |
Cr | 0.33 | ± | 0.15 | 0.28 | ± | 0.10 | 0.29 | ± | 0.11 | |
Hg | 0.15 | ± | 0.17 | 0.08 | ± | 0.09 | <0.10 | |||
Mn | 1.04 | ± | 0.34 | 0.84 | ± | 0.20 | 0.69 | ± | 0.22 | |
Ni | <0.25 | 0.25 | ± | 0.31 | 0.18 | ± | 0.14 | |||
Pb | 0.06 | ± | 0.10 | 0.20 | ± | 0.22 | 0.11 | ± | 0.08 | |
Sn | 0.85 | ± | 0.18 | 1.15 | ± | 0.31 | 0.96 | ± | 0.22 | |
Tl | <0.025 | <0.025 | <0.025 | |||||||
V | <0.50 | <0.50 | <0.50 | |||||||
BRAIN | As | <0.10 | <0.10 | <0.10 | ||||||
Be | <0.10 | <0.10 | <0.10 | |||||||
Cd | 0.03 | ± | 0.02 | 0.02 | ± | 0.02 | 0.02 | ± | 0.01 | |
Cr | 0.34 | ± | 0.15 | 0.33 | ± | 0.14 | 0.29 | ± | 0.10 | |
Hg | <0.10 | <0.10 | <0.10 | |||||||
Mn | 0.22 | ± | 0.05 | 0.29 | ± | 0.20 | 0.21 | ± | 0.03 | |
Ni | 0.13 | ± | 0.00 | 0.17 | ± | 0.14 | 0.16 | ± | 0.09 | |
Pb | 0.11 | ± | 0.11 | 0.05 | ± | 0.04 | 0.12 | ± | 0.19 | |
Sn | 0.73 | ± | 0.10 | 0.79 | ± | 0.32 | 0.80 | ± | 0.17 | |
Tl | <0.025 | <0.025 | <0.025 | |||||||
V | <0.50 | <0.50 | <0.50 | |||||||
LUNG | As | <0.10 | <0.10 | <0.10 | ||||||
Be | <0.10 | <0.10 | <0.10 | |||||||
Cd | 0.10 | ± | 0.16 | 0.16 | ± | 0.21 | 0.10 | ± | 0.14 | |
Cr | 0.37 | ± | 0.21 | 0.28 | ± | 0.08 | 0.30 | ± | 0.14 | |
Hg | <0.10 | <0.10 | <0.10 | |||||||
Mn | 0.10 | ± | 0.03 | 0.07 | ± | 0.05 | 0.08 | ± | 0.04 | |
Ni | <0.25 | 0.15 | ± | 0.09 | 0.15 | ± | 0.06 | |||
Pb | <0.025 | 0.06 | ± | 0.13 | 0.07 | ± | 0.10 | |||
Sn | 1.30 | ± | 0.30 | 1.26 | ± | 0.33 | 1.38 | ± | 0.36 | |
Tl | <0.025 | <0.025 | <0.025 | |||||||
V | <0.50 | <0.50 | <0.50 | |||||||
BONE | As | <0.10 | <0.10 | <0.10 | ||||||
Be | <0.10 | <0.10 | <0.10 | |||||||
Cd | <0.025 | 0.03 | ± | 0.02 | 0.02 | ± | 0.01 | |||
Cr | 0.70 | ± | 0.06 | 1.06 | ± | 0.31 | 1.11 | ± | 0.12 | |
Hg | <0.10 | <0.10 | <0.10 | |||||||
Mn | 0.05 | ± | 0.02 | 0.04 | ± | 0.07 | 0.06 | ± | 0.05 | |
Ni | 0.13 | ± | 0.00 | 0.13 | ± | 0.00 | 0.13 | ± | 0.00 | |
Pb | 0.06 | ± | 0.07 | 0.43 | ± | 0.34 | 2.23 | ± | 1.69 | |
Sn | 2.39 | ± | 0.69 | 1.80 | ± | 0.36 | 1.94 | ± | 0.61 | |
Tl | <0.025 | <0.025 | <0.025 | |||||||
V | <0.50 | <0.50 | <0.50 |