| Table 2: Spearman's correlations between age, working hours, urinary metals, and blood metals and 8-OHdG, FECa and GFR | ||||||||
| Variable |
8-OHdG
(μg/g Cr) |
FECa% |
GFR
(mL/min/1.73 m2) |
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| n | ρ | n | ρ | n | ρ | |||
| Men | ||||||||
| Age (yrs) | 52 | 0.14 | 43 | 0.21 | 46 | -0.35* | ||
| Work Hours/Week | 49 | 0.21 | 42 | 0.06 | 44 | -0.20 | ||
| CdU (µg/g Cr) | 53 | -0.19 | 44 | 0.13 | 45 | 0.11 | ||
| PbU (µg/g Cr) | 53 | 0.24 | 44 | -0.06 | 45 | -0.05 | ||
| MnU (µg/g Cr) | 53 | 0.27* | 44 | -0.08 | 45 | -0.15 | ||
| CdB (µg/L) | 47 | 0.16 | 44 | -0.13 | 46 | 0.09 | ||
| PbB (µg/dL) | 47 | -0.006 | 44 | 0.23 | 46 | -0.16 | ||
| MnB (µg/L) | 47 | 0.20 | 44 | 0.40** | 46 | 0.09 | ||
| Women | ||||||||
| Age (yrs) | 52 | 0.06 | 47 | 0.12 | 48 | -0.38** | ||
| Work Hours/Week | 51 | -0.09 | 46 | -0.10 | 47 | 0.30* | ||
| CdU (µg/g Cr) | 52 | -0.18 | 47 | -0.07 | 48 | -0.08 | ||
| PbU (µg/g Cr) | 52 | 0.18 | 47 | -0.12 | 47 | 0.42** | ||
| MnU (µg/g Cr) | 52 | 0.24 | 47 | 0.29 | 47 | 0.08 | ||
| CdB (µg/L) | 47 | 0.08 | 47 | 0.33* | 48 | -0.21 | ||
| PbB (µg/dL) | 47 | 0.03 | 47 | -0.07 | 48 | 0.27 | ||
| MnB (µg/L) | 47 | -0.08 | 47 | -0.29 | 48 | -0.06 | ||
| *p<0.05, **p<0.01; The subscripts ‘U’ and ‘B,’ respectively, represent the urinary and blood concentrations of the metals measured. | ||||||||