Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study participants.

From: Exploring alternatives for detecting microplastics in the human body: questionnaire survey

Indices

Exposure (n = 30)

Control (n = 30)

P value

Age (year, mean ± SE)

26.15 ± 0.23

26.11 ± 0.36

0.590

Gender (male/female)

13/17

13/17

0.975

BMI (kg/m2, mean ± SE)

22.10 ± 0.55

20.83 ± 0.40

0.057

  1. P value indicates the group difference between the three groups.