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Table 2 Urine cadmium, total NAG and isoenzymes A and B in 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)

Urine cadmium (μg/g of creatinine)

7.04 ± 3.49***

3.93 ± 0.70

Urinary Total NAG (U/g of creatinine)

5.09 ± 2.00***

2.77 ± 0.66

Urinary NAG-A (U/g of creatinine)

3.65 ± 1.55***

1.86 ± 0.68

Urinary NAG-B (U/g of creatinine)

1.44 ± 0.67***

0.90 ± 0.30

  1. Values are mean ± standard deviation
  2. ***P < 0.001