Table 3.
Summary of the Heavy metal concentrations in blood samples between smokers and non-smokers workers in plastic industry, Dhaka, Bangladesh. All units are in μgL−1.
| Metals | Lead (Pb) |
Cadmium (Cd) |
Nickel (Ni) |
Zinc (Zn) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoker | Non-smoker | Smoker | Non-smoker | Smoker | Non-smoker | Smoker | Non-smoker | |
| Average | 33.75 | 31.28 | 1.11 | 1.04 | 1.58 | 1.21 | 9.11 | 9.05 |
| Minimum | 19.00 | 14.50 | 0.40 | 0.45 | 0.40 | 0.45 | 7.30 | 6.55 |
| Maximum | 48.00 | 46.00 | 1.75 | 2.05 | 4.90 | 3.15 | 14.75 | 13.50 |
| STDEV | 9.19 | 10.26 | 0.59 | 0.44 | 1.17 | 0.77 | 2.08 | 1.88 |
| p-value | 0.553 | 0.732 | 0.379 | 0.942 | ||||