Research Article
Association between Arsenic Exposure and Diabetes Mellitus in Cambodia
Table 2
Characteristics between two groups of participants separated by the arsenic level in urine.
| | Arsenic level in urine | <52.03 g/L | ≥52.03 g/L | value | | |
| | Mean ± Standard Deviation | | | | | Age (years) | 39.8 (20.0) | 41.0 (17.7) | 0.77 | | Height (cm) | 152.2 (10.8) | 152.6 (10.6) | 0.81 | | Weight (kg) | 45.2 (11.2) | 47.7 (10.7) | 0.17 | | Residence (years) | 36.0 (18.8) | 36.0 (16.0) | 0.94 | | Body mass index (kg/m2) | 19.1 (3.2) | 20.8 (3.1) | 0. 06 | | Water arsenic level (g/L) | 1076.0 (357.1) | 1026.3 (335.1) | 0.39 | | Numbers (%) | | | | | Gender | | | 0.36 | | Male | 19 (26.8) | 24 (33.8) | | | Female | 52 (73.2) | 47 (66.2) | | | Education (years) | | | 0.84 | | None | 32 (45.1) | 28 (39.4) | | | ≤6 | 35 (49.3) | 37 (52.1) | | | 7–9 | 3 (4.2) | 5 (7.1) | | | >9 | 1 (1.4) | 1 (1.4) | | | Smoking | | | 0.70 | | None | 46 (64.8) | 48 (67.6) | | | Current | 21 (29.6) | 21 (29.6) | | | Previous | 4 (5.6) | 2 (2.8) | | | Income (USD per day) | | | >0.95 | | ≤2 | 63 (88.7) | 63 (88.7) | | | 3–9 | 8 (11.3) | 8 (11.3) | | | Arsenicosis | | | 0.61 | | Negative | 29 (40.8) | 26 (36.6) | | | Positive | 42 (59.2) | 45 (63.4) | | | Diabetes mellitus | | | 0.58 | | No | 63 (88.7) | 65 (91.5) | | | Yes | 8 (11.3) | 6 (8.5) | |
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