Male | Female | |||||
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Items | High exposure n (%) | Comparison group n (%) | p value* | High exposure n (%) | Comparison group n (%) | p value* |
*χ2 test. | ||||||
**The cut points of abnormal values for haemoglobin, haematocrit, RBC, WBC, and platelets were set at 8.385 mmol/l, 0.40, 4.5 × 1012/l, 5 × 109/l, and 150 × 109/l, respectively, for males, and 7.453 mmol/l, 0.40, 4.0 × 1012/l, 5 × 109/l, and 150 × 109/l, respectively, for females. | ||||||
Hb (mmol/l) | ||||||
Abnormal** | 1 (5.9) | 1 (3.4) | 0.61 | 1 (8.3) | 1 (3.7) | 0.53 |
Normal | 16 (94.1) | 28 (96.6) | 11 (91.7) | 26 (96.3) | ||
Haematocrit | ||||||
Abnormal | 1 (5.9) | 0 (0) | 0.37 | 2 (16.7) | 1 (3.7) | 0.22 |
Normal | 16 (94.1) | 29 (100) | 10 (83.3) | 26 (96.3) | ||
RBC (1012/l) | ||||||
Abnormal | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | – | 2 (16.7) | 2 (7.4) | 0.36 |
Normal | 17 (100) | 29 (100) | 10 (83.3) | 25 (92.6) | ||
WBC (109/l) | ||||||
Abnormal | 2 (11.8) | 4 (13.8) | 0.61 | 1 (8.3) | 2 (7.4) | 0.68 |
Normal | 15 (88.2) | 25 (86.2) | 11 (91.7) | 25 (92.6) | ||
Platelets (109/l) | ||||||
Abnormal | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1.00 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.85 |
Normal | 17 (100) | 29 (100) | 12 (100) | 27 (100) |