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. 2020 Apr 1;11(2):72–84. doi: 10.34172/ijoem.2020.1826
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.