Table 2 Urinary aluminum concentrations in the aluminum-handling and non-handling workers
Aluminum-handling workers | Non-handling workers | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | Al | Al | Work-year | Age | Al | Al | ||
y.o. | μg/g cre | μmol/l | Year | y.o. | μg/g cre | μmol/l | ||
27 | 6.9 | 0.62 | 6 | 36 | 5.6 | 0.33 | ||
38 | 8.1 | 1.02 | 7 | 54 | 7.6 | 0.57 | ||
30 | 10.9 | 0.54 | 2 | 52 | 7.8 | 0.42 | ||
46 | 11.5 | 0.48 | 20 | 58 | 8.3 | 0.41 | ||
48 | 11.6 | 0.68 | 22 | 34 | 8.4 | 0.43 | ||
24 | 12.3 | 0.66 | 5 | 30 | 9.1 | 0.18 | ||
52 | 12.3 | 0.81 | 31 | 44 | 10.2 | 0.39 | ||
55 | 15.1 | 0.82 | 36 | 40 | 11.0 | 0.37 | ||
34 | 16.1 | 0.95 | 15 | 23 | 12.3 | 0.22 | ||
37 | 17.4 | 1.49 | 1 | 47 | 15.6 | 0.56 | ||
19 | 18.4 | 1.48 | 1 | Median | 8.8 | 0.40 | ||
43 | 20.1 | 1.69 | 8 | |||||
40 | 20.7 | 1.31 | 21 | |||||
52 | 24.0 | 2.10 | 31 | |||||
29 | 24.2 | 2.10 | 4 | |||||
36 | 26.8 | 2.18 | 17 | |||||
47 | 27.9 | 1.70 | 19 | |||||
33 | 30.2 | 1.59 | 3 | |||||
54 | 33.4 | 3.99 | 35 | |||||
53 | 36.8 | 1.12 | 25 | |||||
54 | 37.3 | 0.56 | 36 | |||||
60 | 54.4 | 1.95 | 31 | |||||
41 | 55.1 | 1.68 | 7 | |||||
Median | 20.1 | 1.31 | ||||||