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Table 1 Demographic details of cadmium-exposed and controls

From: Urinary N-acetyl-beta -D-glucosaminidase and its isoenzymes A & B in workers exposed to cadmium at cadmium plating

Variables

Cadmium exposed (N = 50)

Control group (N = 50)

Age (Years)

42.9 ± 2.38a

41.8 ± 3.45

Work duration (years)

13.5 ± 2.73

14.2 ± 1.82

Body mass index (Kg/m2)

26.4 ± 2.83

26.3 ± 2.95

Smoking

  

No

43(86)b

44(88)

Yes

7(14)

6(12)

Alcohol consumption

  

Usually

1(2)

6(12)

Sometimes

5(10)

7(14)

Never

44(88)

37(74)

  1. a Mean ± standard deviation
  2. b Number of persons
  3. Figures in parenthesis indicates percentages of subjects