Comparison of the Health Implications on the Use of As and Cd Contaminated Water Supply between Urban and Rural Communities

Table 1

Comparison of water As and Cd levels, urinary NAG, blood As, urinary Cd, and tail length DNA damage between the two communities ().

	Cheras ()	Batu Kurau ()
	Median (IQR)	Median (IQR)
As in water (mg/L)^**	0.05 (0.00)	0.18 (0.06)
Cd in water (mg/L)^**	0.04 (0.01)	0.17 (0.12)
Urinary NAG (U/g creatinine)	0.30 (0.30)	0.30 (0.39)
	Mean (SD)^a	Mean (SD)^a
Blood As (µg/dL)^***	0.90 (0.20)	1.3 (0.20)
Urinary Cd (µg/g creatinine)^***	1.5 (1.2)	2.6 (1.8)
Tail length of DNA; damage (µm)^***	11 (7.3)	21 (8.9)

Independent -test.
^**Significant at .
^***Significant at .
IQR = inter quartile range.