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Table 3 The concentrations of urinary speciated inorganic arsenic metabolites (in µg/L) by work group

From: Assessment of Arsenic Exposure by Measurement of Urinary Speciated Inorganic Arsenic Metabolites in Workers in a Semiconductor Manufacturing Plant

 

As 3+

As 5+

MMA

DMA

As 3++ As 5+

As 3++ As 5++MMA

As 3++ As 5++MMA + DMA

Clean

AM

1.87

0.95

3.60

48.70

2.82

6.42

55.12

(N = 8)

GM

1.73

0.76

3.45

43.65

2.58

6.11

51.32

GSD

1.54

1.99

1.38

1.72

1.57

1.42

1.52

Med

2.03

0.68

3.40

48.84

2.61

6.71

54.55

Min

0.83

0.34

1.94

14.07

1.17

3.11

23.60

Max

2.63

2.52

5.37

88.30

5.14

9.53

93.15

Ion implantation

AM

1.88

0.48

3.26

27.23

2.36

5.62

32.85

(N = 13)

GM

1.74

0.39

3.08

23.17

2.23

5.34

28.92

GSD

1.51

2.11

1.42

1.76

1.43

1.40

1.66

Med

1.86

0.50

2.96

19.94

2.30

5.51

25.86

Min

0.76

0.10

1.84

12.28

1.21

3.25

16.35

Max

4.09

0.94

5.37

69.39

4.53

9.89

74.07

Office

AM

1.26

0.27

2.47

30.47

1.53

4.00

34.47

(N = 14)

GM

0.95

0.18

2.10

23.43

1.17

3.37

27.57

GSD

1.86

2.36

1.83

2.22

1.82

1.74

2.08

Med

0.74

0.10

2.27

28.35

1.07

3.27

31.70

Min

0.55

0.10

0.62

6.30

0.65

1.33

8.22

Max

6.51

1.28

6.50

60.18

7.80

14.30

65.15

All

AM

1.63

0.50

3.02

33.43

2.13

5.15

38.59

(N = 35)

GM

1.36

0.33

2.71

26.90

1.78

4.58

32.35

GSD

1.79

2.60

1.65

2.01

1.80

1.65

1.88

Med

1.14

0.41

2.88

29.62

1.70

4.67

36.93

Min

0.55

0.10

0.62

6.30

0.65

1.33

8.22

Max

6.51

2.52

6.50

88.30

7.80

14.30

93.15

P-value

 

<0.05

<0.05

<0.05

0.08

<0.05

<0.05

0.06

  1. As3+: trivalent arsenic, As5+: pentavalent arsenic, GM, Geometric mean; GSD, Geometric standard deviation, N, Number of subjects; MMA, Monomethylarsonic acid; DMA, Dimethylarsinic acid, P-value: probability by ANOVA test.