Table 8 Influence of various potentially hazardous factors on micronuclei (MN) counts, using all samples (including 6 cancer cases)
| Â | Â | Number | % | Translocation rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean MN / 1000 scored | SD | p-value heterogeneity | ||||
Dose (mSv) | 0–19 | 66 | 59.5 | 4.17 | 5.84 | 0.5867 |
20–99 | 29 | 26.1 | 3.48 | 4.32 | ||
100–249 | 5 | 4.5 | 7.40 | 10.02 | ||
250–499 | 8 | 7.2 | 4.71 | 3.86 | ||
≥500 | 3 | 2.7 | 3.67 | 0.58 | ||
Age at buccal sample (years) | 40–49 | 19 | 17.1 | 4.21 | 7.08 | 0.7879 |
50–59 | 33 | 29.7 | 3.37 | 4.90 | ||
60–69 | 40 | 36.0 | 5.34 | 5.74 | ||
≥70 | 19 | 17.1 | 2.99 | 3.77 | ||
Years since last exposure | < 12 | 14 | 12.6 | 3.81 | 4.66 | 0.4611 |
12–13 | 35 | 31.5 | 5.36 | 6.89 | ||
≥ 14 | 59 | 53.2 | 3.55 | 4.77 | ||
Unknown | 3 | 2.7 | 3.67 | 3.51 | ||
Days of active work in Chornobyl exclusion zone | 0 | 1 | 0.9 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.9364 |
1–29 | 21 | 18.9 | 4.22 | 5.18 | ||
30–59 | 46 | 41.4 | 3.85 | 5.30 | ||
60–89 | 20 | 18.0 | 6.03 | 7.89 | ||
90–179 | 15 | 13.5 | 3.39 | 3.41 | ||
≥ 180 | 8 | 7.2 | 2.54 | 2.98 | ||
Smoking status | Never smoker/missing | 40 | 36.0 | 3.85 | 5.85 | 0.2428 |
Former and current smokers | 71 | 64.0 | 4.33 | 5.31 | ||
Alcohol consumption status | Never drinker/missing | 25 | 22.5 | 3.82 | 6.36 | 0.6316 |
Former and current drinkers | 86 | 77.5 | 4.26 | 5.25 | ||
Work as industrial radiographer | Never | 107 | 96.4 | 4.16 | 5.45 | 0.0475 |
Ever | 1 | 0.9 | 15.00 | 0.00 | ||
Unknown | 3 | 2.7 | 0.33 | 0.58 | ||
Work with potential radiation exposure (other than Chornobyl) | Never | 94 | 84.7 | 4.30 | 5.62 | 0.6426 |
Ever | 16 | 14.4 | 3.54 | 4.92 | ||
Unknown | 1 | 0.9 | 1.00 | 0.00 | ||
Work in nuclear industry (including Chornobyl NPP) | Never | 102 | 91.9 | 4.33 | 5.68 | 0.1705 |
Ever | 6 | 5.4 | 3.11 | 0.84 | ||
Unknown | 3 | 2.7 | 0.33 | 0.58 | ||
Work in army with potential radiation exposure (excluding Chornobyl) | Never | 103 | 92.8 | 4.29 | 5.49 | 0.2015 |
Ever | 6 | 5.4 | 3.17 | 6.34 | ||
Unknown | 2 | 1.8 | 0.50 | 0.71 | ||
Work with potential radiation exposure (excluding Chornobyl) | Never | 106 | 95.5 | 4.31 | 5.56 | 0.2436 |
Ever | 3 | 2.7 | 1.33 | 2.31 | ||
Unknown | 2 | 1.8 | 0.50 | 0.71 | ||
Radiotherapy for conditions other than cancer | Never | 109 | 98.2 | 4.17 | 5.52 | 0.3851 |
Ever | 1 | 0.9 | 6.67 | 0.00 | ||
Unknown | 1 | 0.9 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
Any dental X-rays | Never | 46 | 41.4 | 4.45 | 6.16 | 0.1184 |
Ever | 65 | 58.6 | 3.95 | 5.00 | ||
Any chest X-rays | Never | 54 | 48.6 | 3.40 | 5.47 | 0.1464 |
Ever | 55 | 49.5 | 4.93 | 5.52 | ||
Unknown | 2 | 1.8 | 3.33 | 4.71 | ||
Any bone X-rays | Never | 62 | 55.9 | 4.70 | 6.33 | 0.2739 |
Ever | 48 | 43.2 | 3.55 | 4.17 | ||
Unknown | 1 | 0.9 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
X-rays other than dental, chest, bone | Never | 77 | 69.4 | 3.72 | 5.48 | 0.0629 |
Ever | 33 | 29.7 | 5.31 | 5.47 | ||
Unknown | 1 | 0.9 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
Total | Â | 111 | 100.0 | 4.16 | 5.49 | Â |