From: Serum heavy metals and hemoglobin related compounds in Saudi Arabia firefighters
Parameter | Jeddah FFs* | n | Yanbu FFs* | n | t-test | p- value |
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HGB (g/dl) | 16.26 ± 1.12 | 27 | 15.66 ± 1.55 | 21 | 1.5493 | N.S. |
COHb (%) | 5.43 ± 2.91 | 22 | 4.93 ± 2.37 | 21 | 0.6138 | N.S. |
Iron (ug/dl) | 80.00 ± 28.84 | 28 | 87.52 ± 27.15 | 21 | 0.9396 | N.S. |
TIBC (ug/dl) | 330.48 ± 50.77 | 27 | 283.38 ± 50.34 | 21 | 3.2003 | p < 0.005 |
Transferrin sat. (%) | 24.06 ± 9.40 | 27 | 31.31 ± 9.57 | 21 | 2.6333 | p < 0.05 |
Ferritin (ng/ml) | 123.26 ± 63.10 | 27 | 169.55 ± 103.22 | 14 | 1.78416 | N.S. |
UIBC (ug/dl) | 253.30 ± 61.27 | 27 | 195.91 ± 50.76 | 21 | 3.4641 | p < 0.005 |