Research Article
Association between Arsenic Exposure and Diabetes Mellitus in Cambodia
Table 1
Demographical data between the diabetes mellitus group and non-diabetes mellitus group.
| | | Diabetes mellitus | Non-diabetes mellitus | value | | |
| | Mean ± Standard Deviation | | | | | Age (years) | 57.6 (15.7) | 38.6 (18.2) | <0.01 | | Height (cm) | 151.1 (4.2) | 152.5 (11.2) | 0.33 | | Weight (kg) | 45.9 (7.7) | 46.5 (11.4) | 0.83 | | Residence (years) | 50.9 (18.2) | 34.5 (16.5) | <0.01 | | Body mass index (kg/m2) | 20.1 (3.3) | 19.7 (3.2) | 0.65 | | Urine arsenic level (g/L) | 73.3 (59.1) | 68.4 (54.0) | 0.75 | | Water arsenic level (g/L) | 981.1 (198.2) | 1058.9 (358.1) | 0.22 | | Numbers (%) | | | | | Gender | | | 0.55* | | Male | 3 (21.4) | 40 (31.2) | | | Female | 11 (78.6) | 88 (68.8) | | | Education (years) | | | 0.59* | | None | 8 (57.1) | 52 (40.6) | | | ≤6 | 6 (42.9) | 66 (51.6) | | | 7–9 | 0 (0.0) | 8 (6.2) | | | >9 | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.6) | | | Smoking | | | 0.03* | | None | 5 (35.7) | 89 (69.5) | | | Current | 8 (57.1) | 34 (26.6) | | | Previous | 1 (7.1) | 5 (3.9) | | | Income (USD per day) | | | 0.51* | | ≤2 | 13 (92.9) | 113 (88.3) | | | 3–9 | 1 (7.1) | 15 (11.7) | | | Arsenicosis | | | 0.42 | | Negative | 4 (28.6) | 51 (39.8) | | | Positive | 10 (71.4) | 77 (60.2) | |
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Fisher's exact test.
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