From: Effect of fire smoke on some biochemical parameters in firefighters of Saudi Arabia
Parameters | Jeddah FFs* | n | Yanbu FFs* | n | t-test | p- value | |
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Liver Function tests | ALP (u/l) | 86.25 ± 27.59 | 28 | 87.45 ± 16.18 | 11 | 0.1353 | N.S. |
ALT (u/l) | 54.07 ± 25.52 | 28 | 68.27 ± 23.17 | 15 | 1.7930 | N.S. | |
AST (u/l) | 29.19 ± 8.70 | 27 | 23.07 ± 8.45 | 14 | 2.1539 | p < 0.05 | |
GGT (u/l) | 44.54 ± 14.99 | 28 | 54.89 ± 19.66 | 9 | 1.6700 | N.S. | |
Total Bilirubin (mg/dl) | 0.55 ± 0.13 | 21 | 0.69 ± 0.27 | 10 | 1.9849 | N.S. | |
Direct Bilirubin (mg/dl) | 0.16 ± 0.09 | 21 | 0.32 ± 0.02 | 10 | 5.3930 | p < 0.0001 | |
Total Protein (g/dl) | 7.58 ± 0.84 | 25 | 7.45 ± 0.35 | 10 | 0.4857 | N.S. | |
Urea nitrogen (mmol/l) | 5.13 ± 1.05 | 28 | 4.80 ± 1.25 | 20 | 0.9902 | N.S. | |
Albumin (g/dl) | 4.38 ± 0.65 | 26 | 4.48 ± 0.27 | 10 | 0.4681 | N.S. | |
Kidney Function tests | Uric Acid (mg/dl) | 5.89 ± 0.97 | 24 | 5.90 ± 0.67 | 3 | 0.0029 | N.S. |
Creatinine (umol/l) | 86.02 ± 22.86 | 28 | 93.45 ± 19.57 | 21 | 1.1967 | N.S. | |
sodium (mmol/l) | 141.29 ± 2.52 | 28 | 139.19 ± 4.00 | 21 | 2.246 | p < 0.05 | |
potassium (mmol/l) | 4.37 ± 0.612 | 27 | 4.22 ± 0.53 | 21 | 0.64 | N.S. | |
Calcium(mg/dl) | 9.25 ± 0.440 | 28 | 9.63 ± 0.25 | 4 | 1.626 | N.S. | |
Chloride (mmol/l) | 101.46 ± 1.642 | 28 | 99.60 ± 2.70 | 20 | 2.968 | p < 0.005 | |
Phosphorous (mmol/l) | ---- | --- | 1.08 ± 0.25 | 9 | ---- | ---- | |
Lipid Profile | Total Cholesterol (mmol/l) | 4.96 ± 0.86 | 28 | 5.05 ± 0.98 | 21 | 0.3288 | N.S. |
HDL-C (mg/dl) | 44.29 ± 7.62 | 28 | 42.10 ± 6.23 | 20 | 1.0548 | N.S. | |
LDL-C (mg/dl) | 137.37 ± 34.022 | 27 | 122.53 ± 31.95 | 14 | 1.3512 | N.S. | |
Triglyceride (mg/dl) | 125.33 ± 61.25 | 25 | 168.29 ± 109.47 | 19 | 1.6048 | N.S. | |
Others | Glucose (mmol/l) | 5.64 ± 1.72 | 28 | 5.50 ± 1.06 | 21 | 0.3469 | N.S. |
Cortisol (nmol/l) | 380.70 ± 114.06 | 25 | 307.55 ± 140.03 | 19 | 1.909642 | N.S. | |
CK (u/l) | 183.54 ± 93.73 | 28 | 158.00 ± 85.53 | 19 | 0.9489 | N.S. | |
LDH (u/l) | 241.82 ± 124.40 | 27 | 164.20 ± 28.21 | 20 | 2.7315 | p < 0.01 |