Table 2

Comparison of urinary 8-OHdG, Cr, and creatinine concentrations for Cr workers and control group

VariablesCr workers (n=48)Control group (n=19)p value
*Mean±SD.
8-OHdG (nM) (range)73.2±62.8*44.6±25.8<0.01
(7.6–395.7)(5.7–88.8)
Log 8-OHdG (nM) (range)38.9±3.236.9±3.30.03
(29.9–47.1)(28.3–40.9)
8-OHdG (pmol/kg) (range)1149.5±759.5730.2±377.60.02
(153.1–4209.4)(92.0–1479.6)
Log 8-OHdG (nM) (range)20.4±3.0 (12.1–27.2)18.4±3.2 (9.7–22.4)0.02
8-OHdG (pmol/cre. nM) (range)4.65±2.384.34±1.080.88
(1.70–13.53)(2.06–6.89)
Log 8-OHdG (pmol/cre. nM) (range)27.10±2.1527.16±1.170.91
(23.06–32.43)(23.93–29.38)
Urinary Cr (μg/l) (range)12.81±23.290.99±0.750.03
(0.20–144.0)(0.20–3.00)<0.01
Log urinary Cr (μg/l)1.51±1.51−0.26±0.72
Urinary Cr (μg/g cre.) (range)5.72±7.651.21±1.160.01
(0.02–39.28)(0.15–4.62)<0.01
Log urinary Cr0.88±1.59−0.23±0.96
Creatinine (mg/dl) (range)182.9±97.3123.9±71.20.017
(33.8–400.4)(18.2–273.0)