Evaluation of the protective effectiveness of gloves from occupational exposure to 2-methoxyethanol using the biomarkers of 2-methoxyacetic acid levels in the urine and plasma

Table 3

Protective Effectiveness Indices for UMAA (PEI_U) and PMAA (PEI_P) for cotton gloves (CTN) and rubber gloves (RB) in contrast to bare hands (BH) in two exposure groups

	Regular	Special
	CTN (n = 9) v BH (n = 40)	CTN (n = 15) v BH (n = 7)	RB (n = 3) v BH (n = 7)
PEI_U: Protection Effectiveness Index for UMAA = $\text{[math]}$
PEI_P: Protection Effectiveness Index for PMAA = $\text{[math]}$
PEI_U	−16.86	10.98	74.76
PEI_P	1.93	−36.82	68.90