Table 1.
Characteristics of the study population.
| Variable | All Participants n = 199 |
Non-Mining Municipality n = 87 |
Mining Municipalities n = 112 |
p Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male sex (n-%) | 119 (59.80) | 29 (33.33) | 90 (80.36) | <0.0001 |
| Age in years (mean-SD) | 42.54 (12.04) | 44.18 (11.66) | 41.27 (12.22) | 0.0901 |
| Mining activities (n-%) | 89 (44.95) | 0 (0.00) | 89 (79.46) | <0.0001 |
| Years in current occupation (mean-SD) | 12.92 (12.73) | 14.87 (11.85) | 11.40 (13.22) | 0.0577 |
| Current smoker (n-%) | 16 (8.04) | 4 (4.60) | 12 (10.71) | 0.115 |
| BMI 1 (mean-SD) | 26.98 (3.86) | 27.52 (4.21) | 26.56 (3.53) | 0.0848 |
| eGFR 1 mL/min/1.73 m2 (mean-SD) | 88.68 (13.56) | 85.62 (12.82) | 90.86 (13.77) | 0.0069 |
1 BMI = body mass index; eGFR = estimated glomerular filtration rate.