Research Article
Biological Monitoring of Hexavalent Chromium and Serum Levels of the Senescence Biomarker Apolipoprotein J/Clusterin in Welders
Table 2
Chromium blood and urine levels of welders entered worksite intervention (n = 9).
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Welder | Age |
Smoking
status1 | Cr
blood
(g/L) | Cr urine (g/g creatinine) | Cr
urine (g/L) | Intervention | Intervention | Intervention | pre | post | pre | post | pre | post |
| 1st | 58 | N | 6.1 | 4.0 | 27.27 | 24.27 | 50.20 | 5.20 | 2nd | 46 | H | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.72 | 4.04 | 0.80 | 3.90 | 3rd | 38 | N | 5.0 | 0.6 | 0.64 | 0.95 | 1.50 | 0.50 | 4th | 40 | M | 2.9 | 0.3 | 1.03 | 0.43 | 1.10 | 0.20 | 5th | 36 | M | 3.7 | 0.2 | 0.31 | 0.09 | 0.90 | 0.10 | 6th | 37 | L | 2.5 | 2.7 | 0.65 | 2.40 | 1.20 | 1.60 | 7th | 42 | M | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.13 | 1.83 | 1.20 | 2.20 | 8th | 35 | L | 3.0 | 1.6 | 1.94 | 2.64 | 3.10 | 3.20 | 9th | 35 | M | 2.7 | 1.2 | 0.20 | 4.98 | 0.30 | 3.20 |
| All mean | 40.78 | | 3.33 | 1.522 | 3.77 | 4.62 | 6.70 | 2.23 | (SD) | (7.40) | | (1.38) | (1.22) | (8.83) | (7.54) | (16.33) | (1.79) |
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1N: nonsmokers; L: light (1–15 pack years); M: medium (16–30 pack years); H: heavy ( pack years) 2, Wilcoxon signed ranks test.
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