Table 2 Table showing work history of men working at brick kilns at Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

From: Biochemical and reproductive biomarker analysis to study the consequences of heavy metal burden on health profile of male brick kiln workers

Work history

P value statistics

Parameters

Control

Workers

Income (PKR/month)

n

Percentage

n

Percentage

 < 10,000

74

36.4

52

15.0

P = 0.000

10,000–15,000

18

9.09

178

51.5

P = 0.002

16,000–20,000

18

9.09

98

28.3

P = 0.000

20,000 + 

90

45.5

18

5.20

P = 0.000

Work type

Carriage and placement

0

0.000

88

25.4

P = 0.500

Bakers

0

0.000

78

22.5

P = 0.500

Molders

0

0.000

124

35.8

P = 0.500

Non-workers

26

13.0

8

2.31

P = 0.310

Others

174

87.0

48

13.8

P = 0.329

Years of living (years)

 < 1

0

0.00

94

27.1

P = 0.500

1–5

68

34.0

96

27.7

P = 0.035

6–10

30

15.0

52

15.0

P = 0.000

11–20

24

12.0

56

16.1

P = 0.000

20 + 

78

39.0

48

13.8

P = 0.002

Work duration (years)

1–5

NA

NA

56

16.1

P = 0.003

6–10

NA

NA

72

20.8

P = 0.000

11–20

NA

NA

108

31.2

P = 0.814

20 + 

NA

NA

110

31.8

P = 0.446

Exposure time (hr/day)

 < 1

0

0.000

4

1.2

P = 0.016

1–5

104

52.0

24

6.9

P = 0.000

6–10

66

33.0

132

38.1

P = 0.168

11–15

30

15.0

178

51.4

P = 0.000

15 + 

0

0.000

8

2.31

P = 0.002