Research Article
Association between Arsenic Exposure and Diabetes Mellitus in Cambodia
Table 4
Characteristics between two groups of participants separated by skin signs of arsenicosis.
| | Skin signs of arsenicosis | Positive | Negative | value | | |
| | Mean ± Standard Deviation | | | | | Age (years) | 46.2 (14.2) | 31.2 (21.4) | <0.01 | | Height (cm) | 155.3 (7.4) | 147.7 (13.1) | <0.01 | | Weight (kg) | 49.6 (8.5) | 41.4 (12.5) | <0.01 | | Residence (years) | 41.2 (14.0) | 28.1 (19.1) | <0.01 | | Body mass index (kg/m2) | 20.5 (2.8) | 18.5 (3.4) | <0.01 | | Urine arsenic level (g/L) | 72.4 (59.4) | 63.4 (45.1) | 0.34 | | Water arsenic level (g/L) | 1101.1 (367.9) | 972.2 (294.3) | 0.02 | | Numbers (%) | | | | | Gender | | | 0.06 | | Male | 21 (24.1) | 22 (40.0) | | | Female | 66 (75.9) | 33 (60.0) | | | Education (years) | | | 0.12 | | None | 41 (47.1) | 19 (34.5) | | | ≤6 | 38 (43.7) | 34 (61.8) | | | 7–9 | 7 (8.0) | 1 (12.5) | | | >9 | 1 (1.1) | 1 (1.8) | | | Smoking | | | 0.24 | | None | 53 (60.9) | 41 (74.5) | | | Current | 30 (34.5) | 12 (21.8) | | | Previous | 4 (4.6) | 2 (3.6) | | | Income (USD per day) | | | 0.91 | | ≤2 | 77 (88.5) | 49 (89.1) | | | 3–9 | 10 (11.5) | 6 (10.9) | |
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