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Table 7 Estimated effects of 137Caesium and year of measurements on erythrocyte count, hemoglobin, and platelet counts Ψ

From: Exposure from the Chernobyl accident had adverse effects on erythrocytes, leukocytes, and, platelets in children in the Narodichesky region, Ukraine: A 6-year follow-up study

  

Erythrocyte count (1012/L) 698 children, 2,404 measurements

Hemoglobin (g/dL)Φ 698 children, 2,404 measurements

Platelet count (109/L) 698 children, 2,403 measurements

Effect

 

Adj. Mean#

5–95% confidence interval

p

Adj. Mean#

5–95% confidence interval

p

Adj. Mean#

5–95% confidence interval

p

Quintiles of the area contamination: 137Cs (kBq/m2)

29–112

4.02

3.98-

4.06

Ref.

12.2

12.1-

12.3

Ref.

284

274

294

Ref.

 

116–156

3.99

3.97-

4.03

0.29

12.0

11.9-

12.2

0.039

273

266

282

0.07

 

165–253

4.00

3.93-

3.93

0.42

12.1

12.0-

12.2

0.34

281

273

290

0.52

 

266–310

3.88

3.84-

3.93

<0.001

11.8

11.7-

12.0

0.001

255

242

267

<0.001

 

350–879

3.96

3.93-

3.99

0.009

12.0

11.0-

12.1

0.033

264

256

271

<0.001

  1. Φ 1 g/dL equals about 0.6206 mmol/L.
  2. Ψ P-value are based on t-test compared with the reference (Ref.) in children born after the accident.
  3. # Adjusted for age, sex, and year of measurement