| Table 4: Regression analysis of 8-OHdG, GFR and FECa as a function of age, gender, working hours, smoking status, and metal body burden among informal e-waste recycling workers | |||||||||||||||
| Variable | 8-OHdG | GFR | FECa% | FECa% | |||||||||||
| B | SE | p | B | SE | p | B | SE | p | B | SE | p | ||||
| n | 99 | 89 | 87 | 87 | |||||||||||
| Age | 0.16 | 0.63 | 0.80 | -0.78 | 0.18 | <0.001 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.14 | 0.01 | 0.010 | 0.10 | |||
| Male sex | 14.39 | 18.58 | 0.44 | 5.58 | 5.12 | 0.28 | -0.14 | 0.16 | 0.38 | -0.16 | 0.16 | 0.30 | |||
| Work hours/ week | 0.25 | 0.50 | 0.62 | 0.10 | 0.14 | 0.49 | 0.001 | 0.004 | 0.90 | 0.001 | 0.004 | 0.89 | |||
| Current smoker | 7.41 | 22.27 | 0.74 | -5.09 | 6.20 | 0.41 | -0.010 | 0.23 | 0.97 | 0.01 | 0.20 | 1.00 | |||
| MnU (µg/g Cr) | 0.01 | 0.11 | 0.93 | ||||||||||||
| PbU (µg/g Cr) | 1.01 | 0.30 | 0.001 | ||||||||||||
| CdB (µg/L) | 0.05 | 0.13 | 0.71 | ||||||||||||
| MnB (µg/L) | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.20 | ||||||||||||
| Intercept | 102.76 | 40.84 | 0.011 | 121.91 | 11.90 | <0.001 | 0.55 | 0.42 | 0.19 | 0.39 | 0.41 | 0.34 | |||
| The subscripts ‘U’ and ‘B,’ respectively, represent the urinary and blood concentrations of the metals measured. | |||||||||||||||