Research Article
Association between Arsenic Exposure and Diabetes Mellitus in Cambodia
Table 3
Characteristics between two groups of participants separated by the arsenic level in drinking water.
| | Arsenic level in drinking water | <907.25 g/L | ≥907.25 g/L | value | | |
| | Mean ± Standard Deviation | | | | | Age (years) | 40.7 (18.2) |
40.3 (19.2) | 0.89 | | Height (cm) | 153.4 (7.6) | 151.8 (12.2) | 0.39 | | Weight (kg) | 47.6 (9.4) | 45.7 (11.9) | 0.32 | | Residence (years) | 37.4 (17.1) | 35.2 (17.5) | 0.47 | | Body mass index (kg/m2) | 20.1 (3.2) | 19.5 (3.2) | 0.27 | | Urine arsenic level (g/L) | 61.2 (44.9) | 73.9 (59.4) | 0.15 | | Numbers (%) | | | | | Gender | | | 0.69 | | Male | 18 (32.1) | 25 (29.1) | | | Female | 38 (67.9) | 61 (70.9) | | | Education (years) | | | 0.45 | | None | 25 (44.6) | 35 (40.7) | | | ≤6 | 29 (51.8) | 43 (50.0) | | | 7–9 | 1 (12.5) | 7 (8.1) | | | >9 | 1 (1.8) | 1 (1.2) | | | Smoking | | | 0.16 | | None | 34 (60.7) | 60 (69.8) | | | Current | 21 (37.5) | 21 (24.4) | | | Previous | 1 (1.8) | 5 (5.8) | | | Income (USD per day) | | | 0.05 | | ≤2 | 46 (82.1) | 80 (93.0) | | | 3–9 | 10 (17.9) | 6 (7.0) | | | Arsenicosis | | | 0.06 | | Negative | 27 (48.2) | 28 (32.6) | | | Positive | 29 (51.8) | 58 (67.4) | | | Diabetes mellitus | | | 0.39 | | No | 52 (92.9) | 76 (88.4) | | | Yes | 4 (7.1) | 10 (11.6) | |
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