Research Article

Genetic Predisposition for Dermal Problems in Hexavalent Chromium Exposed Population

Table 1

Demographiccharacteristics of the study participants.

CharacteristicsCategoryExposed groupControl group ๐‘ƒ value
( ๐‘ = 1 4 6 )( ๐‘ = 1 4 8 )

Mean ageMean ยฑ SD36.29 ยฑ 14.8239.63 ยฑ 14.390.086a
Number of subjectsMales79 (54)65 (44)0.0805b
Females67 (46)83 (56)
Smoking statusSmokers28 (19.2)13 (8.8)0.0101b
Symptom categorySymptomatic38 (26)โ€”

SD: standard deviation.
Number in parenthesis denotes percentage.
a ๐‘ƒ value for continuous variables calculated using Studentโ€™s ๐‘ก -test.
b ๐‘ƒ value for categorical variables calculated using Chi-square test.