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Table 3 Percentages of students with EBLLs in all Governorates based on two cutoff points of BLL

From: Prevalence of lead toxicity in adolescents in Kuwait

 

BLL ≥5 μg/dLa

BLL ≥10 μg/dL

Overall sample

Male

Female

Overall sample

Male

Female

Hawally

10.4 (231)

13.0 (123)

7.4 (108)

4.3 (231)

6.5 (123)

1.9 (108)

Farawanya

22.6 (230)

34.1 (82)

16.2 (148)

3.9 (230)

2.4 (82)

4.7 (148)

Al-Jahra

55.0 (240)

47.5 (118)

62.3 (122)

7.1 (240)

11.9 (118)

2.5 (122)

Al-Asima

78.6 (187)

92.9 (98)

62.9 (89)

27.8 (187)

20.4 (98)

36.0 (89)

Al-Ahmadi

73.7 (350)

53.7 (177)

94.2 (173)

15.7 (350)

19.2 (177)

12.1 (173)

Mubarak Al-Kabeer

68.0 (147)

40.0 (75)

97.2 (72)

24.5 (147)

9.3 (75)

40.3 (72)

χ2

374.6

149.9

354.1

95.7

25.0

120.1

p-value

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

  1. The numbers in parenthesis in each cell are the number of students (total, male or female) in each Governorate that were used as denominator to calculate the percentages
  2. aIncludes all students with BLL ≥5 μg/dL (inclusive of BLL ≥10 μg/dL category)
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