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Table 1 General characteristics of enrolled coke oven workers

From: Association between a urinary biomarker for exposure to PAH and blood level of the acute phase protein serum amyloid A in coke oven workers

Variable [unit]

Number of subject [N (%)]

 Female

0 (0)

 Male

87 (100)

Age in years [mean ± SD, range]

39 ± 10 (22–55)

GSTM1 genotypes [N (%)]

 Active

58 (66)

 *0/*0

29 (33)

Current smoking habitsa [N (%)]

 Non-smokers

34 (39)

 Smokers

53 (61)

Level of smoking in smokers (cigarettes/day) [mean ± SD, range]

23 ± 7 (8–40)

Dietb[N (%)]

 No≥once a week

22 (25)

 No<once a week

65 (75)

  1. aSmokers are defined as current smokers
  2. bNumbers of subjects with charcoaled meat consumption ≥ or < once a week