Table 8 Correlation between duration of exposure of workers (years) to paint hazards and hematological parameters
Hematological parameters | Duration of work | |
|---|---|---|
r-value | P-value | |
Red blood cells (million cells/μl) | −0.332 | 0.021 * |
Hemoglobin (gram/dl) | −0.073 | 0.613 |
Hematocrit value (%) | −0.148 | 0.305 |
Mean corpuscular volume (MCV) FL | −0.097 | 0.502 |
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin(MCH)pg/cell | −0.154 | 0.285 |
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) gram/dl | −0.103 | 0.477 |
Platelet count(billion/l) | 0.120 | 0.405 |
White blood cellsx103/μl | −0.607 | 0.001 *** |
Neutrophils (%) | −0.029 | 0.839 |
Lymphocytes(%) | −0.316 | 0.025 * |
Monocytes (%) | −0.404 | 0.004 ** |
Eosinophils(%) | 0.055 | 0.706 |
Basophilis(%) | 0.026 | 0.860 |