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. 2021 Nov 30;18(23):12605. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182312605

Table 1.

Characteristics of subjects.

Total
(M (SD)/Mdn (Min–Max)) N = 59
Male
(M (SD)/Mdn (Min–Max))
N = 21
Female
(M (SD)/Mdn (Min–Max)) N = 38
Difference
(M Diff (p)/Mdn Diff (p))
Lead-Exposed
(M (SD)/Mdn (Min–Max))
N = 52
No Lead-Exposed
(M (SD)/Mdn (Min–Max)) N = 7
Difference
(M Diff (p)/Mdn Diff (p))
Age (years) 40 (18–59) 25 (18–55) 44 (21–59) 19.5 (p = 0.01) 41 (18–59) 36 (24–45) −1.5 (p = 0.506)
BMI (kg/m2) 22.45 (4.09) 20.75 (3.16) 23.64 (4.29) 2.89 (p = 0.012) 22.31 (4.18) 23.68 (3.17) 1.36 (p = 0.48)
Nordic score neck complaints 0 (0–4) 0 (0–3) 0 (0–4) 0 (p = 0.019) 0 (0–4) 0 (0–2) 0 (p = 0.615)
Nordic score shoulder complaints 0 (0–4) 1 (0–3) 0 (0–4) −1 (p = 0.022) 0 (0–4) 2 (0–3) 2 (p = 0.206)
Nordic score back complaints 1 (0–8) 2 (0–8) 0.5 (0–8) −1.5 (p = 0.052) 1 (0–8) 0 (0–3) −1 (p = 0.313)
Nordic score right upper limb complaints 0 (0–10) 2 (0–10) 0 (0–9) −2 (p = 0.001) 0 (0–10) 0 (0–4) 0 (p = 0.708)
Nordic score left upper limb complaints 0 (0–7) 0 (0–7) 0 (0–6) 0 (p = 0.194) 0 (0–7) 0 (0–0) 0 (p = 0.253)
Nordic score right lower limb complaints 3 (0–14) 0 (0–12) 0 (0–14) 0 (p = 0.185) 0 (0–14) 0 (0–12) 0 (p = 0.841)
Nordic score left lower limb complaints 0 (0–14) 0 (0–8) 0 (0–14) 0 (p = 0.145) 0 (0–14) 0 (0–8) 0 (p = 0.824)
Years of service (months) 60 (2–360) 60 (2–144) 84 (2–360) 24 (p = 0.053) 73 (2–360) 60 (5–144) −13 (p = 0.634)

Bold font indicates statistical significance.