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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)
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Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

ISSN: 2052-4374

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