Table 2 Maternal total Urinary arsenic levels (T-As) by geophagy practices and ASGM activities (N = 1056)
Groups | Median (IQR/%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
AGSM Community | |||
    Practicing geophagy | 10.92 (7.12, 17.6) |  | |
    Not practicing geophagy | 9.90 (5.33, 15.1) | ||
    Working in mining (overall) | 10.255 (5.9, 16.06) | ||
    Working in mining (geophagy) | 10.35 (6.92, 16.17) | ||
    Working in mining (no geophagy) | 9.89 (5.09, 14.85) | ||
    Not working in mining (overall) | 11.3 (6.27, 16.17) | ||
    Not working in mining (geophagy) | 12.11 (7.12, 17.77) | ||
    Not working in mining (no geophagy) | 10.82 (5.97, 15.75) | ||
Group comparison | |||
    Comparison | Median difference | Test-statistic | p-value |
    Geophagy practices vs. non-geophagy | 1.02 | χ2 = 2.7793 | 0.077 |
    Mining vs. non-mining area median difference | 3.12 | χ2 = 12.267 | < 0.001** |
    Working in mine vs. not working in mine | 1.88 | χ2 = 4.7066 | 0.030 |
Non-AGSM Community | |||
    Practicing geophagy | 16.05 (10.825, 20.25) |  | |
    Not practicing geophagy | 5.54 (3.66, 9.45) | ||
    Working in mining (overall) | 7.18 (3.81, 14.4) | ||
    Working in mining (no geophagy) | 5.72 (3.66, 12.5) | ||
    Working in mining (geophagy) | 16.40 (10.83, 19.3) | ||
    Not working in mining (overall) | 5.82 (3.3, 14.1) | ||
    Not working in mining (no geophagy) | 3.77 (3.02, 5.6) | ||
    Not working in mining (geophagy) | 15.2 (11.725, 21.325) |  | |
Group comparison | |||
    Geophagy practices vs. non-geophagy | 10.51 | χ2 = 26.964 | < 0.0001*** |
    Mining vs. non-mining area median difference | 1.36 | χ2 = 4.267 | < 0.0345* |