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Table 2 Frequency of examined workers in different categories of examined parameters in exposed and control groups

From: New models for prediction of micronuclei formation in nuclear medicine department workers

Patient characteristics

Overall population

Exposed group

Control group

No

%

No

%

No

%

Age categories - decades

3 - 20 – 29 y

8

8.90

4

7,41

4

11,11

4 - 30 – 39 y

20

22.20

12

22,22

8

22,22

5 - 40 – 49 y

21

23.30

16

29,63

5

13,89

6 - 50 – 59 y

37

41.10

20

37,04

17

47,22

7 - 60 – 69 y

4

4.40

2

3,70

2

5,55

χ 2

25.074

16.872

21.095

p

0.001

0.001

0.001

Sex

Male

26

28.90

10

18,50

16

44,44

Female

64

71.10

44

81,50

20

55.56

χ 2

16.044

21.407

0.444

p

0.001

0.001

0.505

Occupation

Technician

40

44.40

22

40,70

18

50,00

Lab. worker

15

16.70

8

14,80

7

19,44

Doctor

29

32.20

18

33,30

11

30,56

Engineer

6

6.70

6

11,10

0

0

χ 2

30.089

13.259

5.467

p

0.001

0.004

0.046

MN categories (intervals of 10) per 1000 binuclear cells

1 cat: 1 – 9

43

47.80

13

24,07

30

83,33

2 cat: 10 – 19

14

15.60

8

14,81

6

16,67

3 cat: 20 – 29

22

24.40

22

40,74

0

0

4 cat: 30 – 39

10

11.10

10

18,52

0

0

5 cat: 40 – 49

0

0

0

0

0

0

6 cat: 50 – 59

1

1.10

1

1,85

0

0

χ 2

29.444

12.602

16.000

p

0.001

0.001

0.001

Smoking

Yes

27

30.00

17

31,50

10

27,78

No

63

70.00

37

68,50

26

72,22

χ 2

14.400

7.407

7.111

p

0.001

0.006

0.008

  1. Lab laboratory, MN micronucleus, Cat category; Y years