|
Characteristic
|
All women (n = 543)
|
Subset (n = 147)
|
p value
|
|---|
|
Variables
|
n
|
Mean ± SD
|
n
|
Mean ± SD
| |
|
Age (years)
|
542
|
34.9 ± 11.3
|
147
|
25.5 ± 5.0
|
<0.001
|
| | |
Median ± IQR
| |
Median ± IQR
| |
|
Water As (μg/L)
|
526
|
32.9 ± 269.4
|
146
|
17.2 ± 120.4
|
0.02
|
|
Toenail As (μg/g)
|
540
|
2.70 ± 6.97
|
145
|
2.12 ± 3.65
|
0.10
|
| | |
%
| |
%
| |
|
Skin Lesions
| | | | |
0.80
|
|
No
|
272
|
50.18
|
72
|
48.98
| |
|
Yes
|
270
|
49.82
|
75
|
51.02
| |
|
Body Mass Index (kg/m2)
| | | | |
0.70
|
|
<18.5
|
158
|
29.10
|
44
|
29.93
| |
|
18.5–24.9
|
332
|
61.14
|
92
|
62.59
| |
|
≥25
|
53
|
9.76
|
11
|
7.48
| |
|
Marital Status
| | | | |
<0.001
|
|
Not married
|
72
|
13.33
|
37
|
25.17
| |
|
Ever married
|
468
|
86.67
|
110
|
74.83
| |
|
Education
| | | | |
<0.001
|
|
No formal education
|
318
|
58.56
|
53
|
36.1
| |
|
Primary
|
74
|
13.63
|
17
|
11.56
| |
|
Secondary and above
|
150
|
27.62
|
77
|
52.38
| |
|
Chews betel nut
| | | | |
<0.001
|
|
No
|
385
|
71.2
|
131
|
89.7
| |
|
Yes
|
156
|
28.8
|
15
|
10.3
| |
|
Water Arsenic
| | | | |
0.16
|
|
≤10 ug/L
|
196
|
36.10
|
65
|
44.22
| |
|
10–50 ug/L
|
130
|
23.94
|
34
|
23.13
| |
|
>50 ug/L
|
217
|
39.96
|
48
|
32.65
| |
|
Hemoglobin (g/L)
| | | | |
0.99
|
|
Normal (Hb ≥120 g/L)
|
443
|
81.58
|
120
|
81.63
| |
|
Anemia (Hb <120 g/L)
|
100
|
18.42
|
27
|
18.37
| |
