Biological samples | Age groups | Control | DM1* | Control | DM1* |
Male | Female | ||||
Cadmium | |||||
Scalp hair (µg/g) | 1 - 5 yrs | 1.05 ± 0.25 | 1.75 ± 0.17 | 0.96 ± 0.18 | 1.69 ± 0.23 |
6 - 10 yrs | 1.69 ± 0.18 | 2.72 ± 0.30 | 1.55 ± 0.16 | 2.59 ± 0.34 | |
11 - 14 yrs | 2.40 ± 0.35 | 3.79 ± 0.59 | 2.29 ± 0.23 | 3.65 ± 0.79 | |
Serum (µg/l) | 1 - 5 yrs | 0.31 ± 0.05 | 0.52 ± 0.05 | 0.27 ± 0.07 | 0.46 ± 0.03 |
6 - 10 yrs | 0.45 ± 0.08 | 0.69 ± 0.11 | 0.41 ± 0.05 | 0.65 ± 0.08 | |
11 - 14 yrs | 0.62 ± 0.12 | 0.89 ± 0.07 | 0.58 ± 0.08 | 0.84 ± 0.14 | |
Blood (µg/l) | 1 - 5 yrs | 2.63 ± 0.52 | 3.92 ± 0.49 | 2.51 ± 0.45 | 3.70 ± 0.51 |
6 - 10 yrs | 3.21 ± 0.40 | 4.63 ± 0.35 | 2.96 ± 0.52 | 4.50 ± 0.65 | |
11 - 14 yrs | 3.79 ± 0.65 | 5.82 ± 0.72 | 3.54 ± 0.68 | 5.69 ± 0.85 | |
Zinc | |||||
Scalp hair (µg/g) | 1 - 5 yrs | 165 ± 8.26 | 53.8 ± 5.15 | 152 ± 7.65 | 49.5 ± 3.57 |
6 - 10 yrs | 198 ± 6.19 | 42.8 ± 3.22 | 185 ± 9.37 | 40.3 ± 5.27 | |
11 - 14 yrs | 239 ± 7.05 | 35.8 ± 4.28 | 219 ± 9.15 | 33.5 ± 5.02 | |
Serum (mg/l) | 1 - 5 yrs | 1.3 ± 0.04 | 0.59 ± 0.12 | 1.35 ± 0.05 | 0.62 ± 0.09 |
6 - 10 yrs | 1.5 ± 0.07 | 0.42 ± 0.10 | 1.48 ± 0.08 | 0.46 ± 0.07 | |
11 - 14 yrs | 1.6 ± 0.10 | 0.35 ± 0.10 | 1.52 ± 0.12 | 0.38 ± 0.05 | |
Blood (mg/l) | 1 - 5 yrs | 11.5 ± 2.32 | 3.45 ± 0.55 | 13.2 ± 1.83 | 3.75 ± 0.32 |
6 - 10 yrs | 9.35 ± 0.48 | 2.09 ± 0.39 | 8.92 ± 0.74 | 1.96 ± 0.28 | |
11 - 14 yrs | 7.85 ± 1.15 | 1.65 ± 0.28 | 7.58 ± 0.95 | 1.48 ± 0.22 |