Research Article
Biological Monitoring of Hexavalent Chromium and Serum Levels of the Senescence Biomarker Apolipoprotein J/Clusterin in Welders
Table 1
Individual
characteristics and laboratory results in shipyard workers.
| | SS welders
| Sandblasters
| Welders
| | n = 47 | n = 5 | n = 28 | | Mean sd | Mean sd | Mean sd |
| | Age (years) | 40.4 (9.0) | 46.8 (6.6) | 38.6 (10.8) | | Duration of employment (years) | 17.4 (11.5) | 26.3 (7.8) | 18.8 (12.6) | | BMI (kg/m2) | 29.1 (3.7) | 28.0 (1.7) | 26.5 (2.6) | | Glucose (mg/dL) | 89.2 (12.4) | 98.4 (11.0) | 85.0 (12.1) | | Urea (mg/dL) | 36.0 (8.8) | 40.6 (10.3) | 31.1 (6.7) | | Creatinine | 1.0 (0.1) | 0.9 (0.1) | 0.9 (0.1) | | Uric acid (mg/dL) | 5.5 (1.3) | 5.0 (0.2) | 5.4 (0.9) |
| | Liver function indicators | | | |
| | ALT (GPT) (U/L) | 36.3 (18.4) | 29.6 (12.1) | 29.3 (13.2) | | AST (GOT) (U/L) | 22.7 (7.7) | 18.4 (3.1) | 21.0 (6.1) | | GGT (U/L) | 31.4 (15.5) | 24.6 (6.4) | 25.7 (17.4) |
| | Lipid metabolism | | | |
| | Cholesterol (mg/dL) | 216.7 (43.8) | 200 (35.3) | 207.2 (35.8) | | LDL (mg/dL) | 138.4 (44.4) | 131.2 (29.6) | 134.7 (31.8) | | HDL (mg/dL) | 47.7 (8.5) | 44.2 (4.6) | 46.2 (7.9) | | Triglycerides (mg/dL) | 143.0 (122.7) | 122.6 (53.7) | 133.3 (54.1) |
| | Hematology | | | |
| | Hematocrit (%) | 45.0 (2.6) | 45.6 (3.3) | 45.4 (2.7) | | ESR (mm) | 6.8 (5.6) | 7.80 (7.1) | 3.6 (2.0) | | Leukocytes (WBC) (103) | 7.51 (2.08) | 7.57 (0.55) | 8.10 (1.99) | | Neutocytes (103) | 4.23 (1.64) | 4.29 (0.26) | 4.62 (1.40) | | Lymphocytes (103) | 2.63 (0.77) | 2.67 (0.25) | 2.77 (0.51) | | Monocytes (103) | 0.43 (0.19) | 0.40 (0.07) | 0.44 (0.13) | | Cr blood (g/L) | 1.14 (1.16) | 0.26 (0.13) | 0.64 (0.68) | | Cr urine (g/L) | 1.84 (7.25) | 0.20 (0.14) | 0.68 (0.92) | | Cr urine (g/g creatinine) | 1.20 (4.08) | 0.09 (0.04) | 0.45 (0.98) | | Clusterin/ApoJ (OD492) | 1165.1 (338.1) | 1140.9 (178.4) | 1176.3 (274.9) |
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BMI
= body mass index; ALT (GPT) = alanine aminotrasferase; AST (GOT) = aspartate
aminotransferase; GGT = -glutamyltranspeptidase; LDL = low-density
lipoprotein; HDL = high-density lipoprotein; ESR = erythrocyte sedimentation
rate.
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