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Table 5 Serum levels of SAA and CRP in relation to 1-hydroxypyrene urine levels

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

1-hydroxypyrene (μmoles/mole creatinine)

n

SAA Median(range)

CRP Median(range)

I ≤ 2.30

29

1.87 (0.62-34.6)

0,42 (0,04-24,3)

II > 2.30 ≤ 7.04

29

1,95 (0,60-6,66)

0,45 (0,06–2.00)

III > 7.04

29

1,67 (0,79-34,6)

0,33 (0,08-8,51)

  1. The serum levels of SAA and CRP were not significantly different inbetween the different ranges of 1-hydroxypyrene - when tested by the Mann-Whitney U test
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Environmental Health

ISSN: 1476-069X