Comparison of the Health Implications on the Use of As and Cd Contaminated Water Supply between Urban and Rural Communities

Table 2

Correlation of DNA damage (µm) and selected variables among respondents ().

Variables	Tail length of DNA damage (µm)
	All respondents	Cheras ()	Batu Kurau ()
	Blood As (µg/dL)	0.40^***	−0.17	0.17
Urinary Cd (µg/g creatinine)	0.13	−0.03	0.02
Urinary NAG levels (U/g creatinine)	0.04	0.01	−0.00
Age (years)	0.00	0.06	−0.05
Household income (Ringgit Malaysia)	−0.25^*	0.14	0.12
Residence (years)	0.41^***	0.07	0.99^**
Water consumption (glass/day)	0.27^**	0.11	−0.02

^*Significant at .
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