Skip to main content

Table 3 the effect of smoking on urinary cadmium excretion in Cd-exposed workers and controls

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

Category

(n)

Urine cadmium (μg/g of creatinine)

Cd-exposed smokers

(7)

7.3 ± 3.0

Cd-exposed-Non-smokers

(43)

5.7± 4.7

Cd-non-exposed-smokers of Control

(6)

3.9 ± 0.7

Cd-non-exposed-non smokers of controls

(44)

3.1 ± 0.4

  1. Values are mean ± standard deviation