Review Article
Correlations between Different Heavy Metals in Diverse Body Fluids: Studies of Human Semen Quality
Table 3
Heavy metal concentrations in seminal, blood plasma, and whole blood.
| | Lead (μg/dL) | Cadmium (μg/dL) | Mercury (μg/dL) | | Mean (SE) | Median (IQR) | Mean (SE) | Median (IQR) | Mean (SE) | Median (IQR) |
| | Blood plasma | 2.88 (0.22) | 2.90 (2.72–3.05) | 0.08 (0.007) | 0.08 (0.07–0.08) | 0.6 (0.22) | 0.58 (0.42–0.72) | | Whole blood | 9.75 (2.28) | 10.10 (7.50–11.90) | 0.10 (0.02) | 0.10 (0.09–0.12) | 1.99 (0.69) | 1.96 (1.47–2.46) | | Seminal plasma | 2.93 (0.32) | 2.90 (2.72–3.15) | 0.08 (0.01) | 0.08 (0.07–0.09) | 1.18 (0.35) | 1.13 (0.92–1.49) |
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SE: standard Error, IQR: interquartile range.
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