Table 3 Change in percentages of urinary arsenic metabolites and other arsenic biomarkers between two visitsa
Sirajdikhan | Pabna | All mothers | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Median change | Mean | p-valuea | Median change | Mean | p-value | Median change | Mean | p-value | |
(5th–95th percentile) | change | (5th–95th percentile) | change | (5th–95th percentile) | change | ||||
iAsIII%b | 0 (−10.6, 8.5) | −0.7 | < 0.01 | − 0.1 (− 15.7, 9) | −2.6 | < 0.01 | 0 (− 13.9, 8.7) | − 1.6 | < 0.01 |
iAsV% | 0 (− 13.8, 18.3) | 0.8 | 0.09 | 0 (−14.2, 13.8) | 0.2 | 0.38 | 0 (− 14.2, 16.6) | 0.5 | 0.56 |
iAs% | 0 (−16.3, 17.6) | 0.1 | 0.27 | −2.7 (−15.9, 12.3) | −2.5 | < 0.01 | −1.4 (− 16.2, 15.1) | −1.1 | < 0.01 |
MMA% | 0.4 (−9.1, 9) | 0.5 | < 0.01 | −0.3 (−8, 5.7) | − 0.6 | < 0.01 | 0.1 (− 8.6, 7.3) | 0 | 0.91 |
DMA% | −0.2 (−22.7, 21) | − 0.6 | 0.52 | 3.3 (−12.2, 20.6) | 3.1 | < 0.01 | 1.8 (−19.7, 20.8) | 1.1 | < 0.01 |
log (unadjusted U-As)c | 0.6 (−1.8, 2.8) | 0.5 | < 0.01 | −0.1 (−2.2, 2) | − 0.1 | 0.03 | 0.3 (−2, 2.5) | 0.2 | < 0.01 |
log(U-creatinine) | 0.3 (−1.7, 2.1) | 0.3 | < 0.01 | −0.2 (−2.1, 1.5) | − 0.3 | < 0.01 | 0.1 (− 1.9, 1.9) | 0.1 | 0.07 |
log (adjusted U-As) | 0.6 (−1.8, 2.8) | 0.5 | < 0.01 | −0.1 (−2.2, 2) | − 0.1 | < 0.01 | 0.3 (− 2, 2.5) | 0.2 | < 0.01 |
log (DW-As)d | 0 (−3.5, 2.5) | 0 | 0.89 | 0 (−1.3, 2) | 0.2 | < 0.01 | 0 (−2.7, 2.5) | 0.1 | 0.05 |
log(T-As) | −0.4 (−1.8, 1.1) | − 0.4 | < 0.01 | − 0.3 (− 1.1, 0.7) | −0.3 | < 0.01 | − 0.4 (− 1.5, 0.8) | −0.4 | < 0.01 |