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Table 2 Urinary arsenic metabolites of study participants in Sirajdikhan and Pabna at visits 1 and 2

From: Determinants of arsenic methylation efficiency and urinary arsenic level in pregnant women in Bangladesh

 

Sirajdikhan

 

Pabna

 

All mothers

 
 

Visit 1

Visit 2

Visit 1

Visit 2

Visit 1

Visit 2

N

879

783

727

662

1606

1445

iAsIII%a

0 (0, 12.6)

0 (0, 9.9)

3.1 (0, 17.8)

0 (0, 11.5)

0 (0, 15.9)

0 (0, 10.6)

iAsV%

1.1 (0, 20.9)

1.8 (0, 26.2)

3.8 (0, 18.6)

4 (0, 20)

2.1 (0, 19.6)

2.6 (0, 23.6)

iAs%

5.7 (0, 24.1)

5.3 (0, 27.7)

11.2 (1.4, 24)

8 (0, 22.1)

8.5 (0, 24)

6.6 (0, 25.4)

MMA%

3.5 (0, 13.4)

4.3 (0, 11.8)

6 (0.6, 13.1)

5.6 (0.1, 11.3)

4.9 (0, 13.2)

4.8 (0, 11.6)

DMA%

89.5 (66.9, 100)

89.6 (66, 99.9)

82 (66.2, 95.6)

85.8 (68.9, 98)

85.7 (66.6, 100)

87.9 (67.3, 99.5)

iAsIII, μg/L

0 (0, 8.8)

0 (0, 7.7)

1.7 (0, 57.9)

0 (0, 27.8)

0 (0, 28.9)

0 (0, 16.7)

iAsV, μg/L

0.2 (0, 8.8)

0.5 (0, 12)

2.5 (0, 36)

2.1 (0, 51.9)

0.6 (0, 21.8)

0.9 (0, 22.5)

iAs, μg/L

0.7 (0, 17.8)

1.1 (0, 17.9)

7.5 (0.2, 81.8)

4.9 (0, 75.9)

2.5 (0, 52.2)

2.4 (0, 39.1)

MMA, μg/L

0.5 (0, 10.6)

1.1 (0, 11)

4.1 (0.1, 42.5)

3.4 (0, 35.1)

1.3 (0, 30.3)

1.7 (0, 21.5)

DMA, μg/L

10.9 (1.9, 121)

20.5 (3.6, 128)

54.2 (8.8, 431)

50.2 (7.4, 371)

22.5 (2.6, 297)

30 (4.5, 259)

U-As

12.2 (2, 147)

23.7 (4.3, 151)

69.9 (9.7, 531)

63.2 (8, 480)

26.5 (2.9, 376)

35.2 (5.1, 325)

U-creatinine, mg/dL

23.1 (6, 113)

34.6 (8.7, 126)

41.4 (11.6, 181)

35 (9.7, 117)

30.3 (7.5, 159)

34.9 (9.1, 123)

Adjusted iAsIII b

0 (0, 14.9)

0 (0, 10.9)

3.5 (0, 67.6)

0 (0, 50.5)

0 (0, 48.3)

0 (0, 27.7)

Adjusted iAsV

0.6 (0, 33.4)

1.3 (0, 36.5)

5.5 (0, 98.1)

6.1 (0, 123)

1.8 (0, 67.5)

2.5 (0, 77.4)

Adjusted iAs

2.7 (0, 51.6)

3.1 (0, 48.9)

15.2 (0.8, 142)

12.6 (0, 156)

6.5 (0, 98.9)

5.7 (0, 104)

Adjusted MMA

1.7 (0, 36)

2.6 (0, 24.4)

8.2 (0.4, 76.6)

8.3 (0.1, 72.5)

3.8 (0, 57.9)

4.3 (0, 52.5)

Adjusted DMA

43.2 (13.8, 369)

52.8 (21.2, 276)

114 (30.1, 577)

126 (39, 776)

65.1 (17.5, 530)

76.4 (24.8, 605)

Adjusted U-As

48.6 (16.2, 470)

61.6 (24.6, 338)

139 (37.4, 784)

154 (43.6, 972)

77.5 (19.6, 677)

90.4 (28.8, 770)

  1. a Proportions of urinary arsenic metabolites are presented as median and 5th–95th percentiles
  2. b Concentrations of urinary arsenic metabolites are creatinine-adjusted (μg/g-creatinine) and presented as median and 5th–95th percentiles
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