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Table 1 Sociodemographic and genetic characteristics of 97 women from Pabna, Bangladesh

From: GSTM1 and APE1 genotypes affect arsenic-induced oxidative stress: a repeated measures study

 

%

N

Marital status

  

   Married

82.5

80

   Married

8.3

8

   Widowed

9.3

9

Education

  

   Illiterate

15.5

15

   Able to write

39.2

38

   Primary

16.5

16

   Secondary

17.5

17

   Higher 2nd

9.3

9

   College/graduate

2.1

2

Smokers in the household

51.6

50

Chew betel nuts

28.9

28

hOGG1 Ser326Cys

  

   Cys/cys

13.8

13

   Cys/ser

44.7

42

   Ser/ser

41.5

39

APE1 Asp148Glu

  

   Glu/glu

4.2

4

   Asp/glu

32.6

31

   Asp/asp

63.2

60

GSTM1

  

   Null

27.8

27

   Positive

72.2

70