Assessment of Heavy and Toxic Metals in the Blood and Hair of Saudi Arabia Smokers Using Modern Analytical Techniques

Table 3

Toxic elements levels in cigarettes smokers human blood (μg/L).

No.	Smo-; King	Age	Cd	Pb	Hg	Se	Mn	Zn	Cr	Ni
1	10/3	2	2.2	12.1	1.4	27.9	3.6	5080.5	220.5	17.8
2	20/2	2	1.3	9.6	1.0	25.8	3.9	5053.5	198.0	15.4
3	20/4	2	0.7	21.3	3.3	16.0	7.8	4344.0	228.0	78.0
4	7/1	2	BDL	26.9	4.1	19.8	4.7	4731.0	202.5	15.6
5	40/2	3	0.7	25.7	5.3	22.4	6.5	4111.5	186	13.2
6	15/3	2	2.5	23.8	2.7	34.2	5.3	5205.0	196.5	10.6
7	25/3	3	1.7	40.6	2.2	27.2	BDL	4004.2	169.7	21.5
8	13/2	3	1.8	25.0	7.2	52.5	5.1	4066.3	167.1	17.3
9	30/2	3	2.6	24.8	3.1	29.8	3.6	5008.9	167.4	13.0
10	25/4	3	2.9	21.3	4.5	69.1	4.6	4349.3	136.2	9.8
11	11/4	3	1.7	31.2	5.8	59.3	14.2	4294.5	233.4	3338.9
12	11/2	2	2.0	24.4	2.2	38.0	4.8	3039.0	154.5	266.9
13	30/2	3	6.5	25.4	0.1	39.3	4.6	5487.4	177.3	10.9
14	15/3	2	4.0	35.3	2.9	34.2	5.3	3455.5	199.3	51.1
15	16/4	2	4.9	39.0	1.5	62.0	16.4	4166.7	153.5	94.5
16	10/2	2	4.1	22.3	2.8	67.6	1.9	5219.0	217.9	44.9
17	4/2	1	0.2	16.9	BDL	46.8	13.7	4616.7	190.4	13.7
18	6/3	1	2.6	15.3	0.2	15.4	4.1	4623.2	195.5	15.8
19	1/1	1	0.9	12.5	BDL	43.7	1.8	3424.2	159.4	4.4
20	5/1	1	0.7	9.7	1.3	50.4	8.7	4575.0	145.0	14.5
21	2/1	1	0.2	18.7	2.5	21.1	3.2	3445.4	148.7	7.01
22	1/1	1	BDL	28.1	3.4	35.9	17.1	4522.1	165.2	23.6
23	7/2	1	0.8	20.8	0.3	31.7	11.5	4285.3	152.6	8.6
24	4/1	1	0.2	14.7	5.8	41.5	1.2	2919.1	166.1	1.4
25	4/2	1	BDL	345.0	6.2	38.3	2.9	3173.4	144.7	3.9

moking; period of smoking (y)/rate of smoking (number of cigarettes per day),
Age; 1= ≤25, 2= 26-40, 3= >40 y.