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Table 2 Urine arsenic and arsenobetaine levels of the study participants

From: Association of arsenobetaine with beta-cell function assessed by homeostasis model assessment (HOMA) in nondiabetic Koreans: data from the fourth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) 2008-2009

Variables

Total

Male

Female

p valuea

urine total arsenic (μg/g_cr)

136.89 (35.29, 521.39)b

143.61 (46.97, 563.24)

123.15 (27.91, 470.27)

0.055

urine arsenobetaine (μg/g_cr)

72.13 (16.64, 325.60)

94.54 (28.46, 369.85)

51.55 (12.40, 232.58)

<0.05

urine total arsenic minus arsenobetaine (μg/g_cr)

43.16 (14.53, 106.36)

46.41 (17.70, 104.80)

37.83 (13.60, 37.83)

0.686

  1. a p values are calculated with Mann-Whitney test
  2. bValues are presented as median (25th percentile, 75th percentile)