Research Article

The Role of Albumin in Human Toxicology of Cobalt: Contribution from a Clinical Case

Table 1

Ratio of whole blood cobalt (CoB)/plasma cobalt (CoP) in present study (repeated measures), workers exposed to cobalt, and ratio reported in a study of Walter et al. [34]. mean ± standard deviation.

N CoB/CoPCoB ( 𝜇 g/L)CoP ( 𝜇 g/L)

Present study611.73 ± 0.38196.12 ± 134.45106.36 ± 57.49
Workers exposed to cobalt230.90 ± 0.403.20 ± 1.523.86 ± 1.84
Walter et al., [34]290.82