Research Article
Blood Lead Levels and Health Problems of Lead Acid Battery Workers in Bangladesh
Table 4
Mean BLL, haemoglobin (Hb) level, and anaemic status of the workers.
| Factors | Frequency | Mean BLL (gm/dL) | Std. deviation |
| (1) Hb (gm/dL) | | | | Less than 11.00 | 33 | 81.83 | 26.27 | 11.00–11.99 | 54 | 60.31 | 26.24 | 12.00–12.99 | 24 | 59.96 | 18.64 | 13.00+ | 07 | 44.04 | 17.24 | (2) Anaemia | | | | (a) Anaemic* | 33 (28.0%) | 81.83 | 26.27 | Normochromic | 10 (30.3%) | 83.31 | 35.39 | Microcytic | 16 (48.5%) | 79.41 | 24.71 | Macrocytic | 07 (21.1%) | 85.27 | 15.54 | (b) Not anaemic* | 85 (72.0%) | 58.81 | 23.89 |
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