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Table 2 Arsenic concentration in drinking and non-drinking water samples

From: Effects of arsenic exposure on DNA methylation in cord blood samples from newborn babies and in a human lymphoblast cell line

Study locations

Arsenic concentration (μg/L)

 

Drinking water

Non-drinking water

Arsenic-contaminated site

8.38 ± 2.49 a,*

78.05 ± 20.92*

(n =46)

0.86 (0.17-61.63)b

16.54 (1.14-518.69)

Control site

0.18 ± 0.07

0.99 ± 0.04

(n = 18)

0.04 (nd-0.98)

1.10 (nd-1.05)

  1. The values are expressed as the mean ± SE (a) and median (min - max) (b).
  2. nd : non detectable.
  3. * : statistically significant difference from controls at p < 0.05.
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Environmental Health

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