Table 2 The degree of discrepancies between cadmium (Cd) measuring tests in two institutions

From: The liver in itai-itai disease (chronic cadmium poisoning): pathological features and metallothionein expression

 

Liver

Kidney cortex

Kidney meddula

Thyroid grand

Pancreas

Muscle

Aorta

Rib

Heart

IID

 IUHW

69.7 (7.4–314)

36.0 (8.0–133)

25.3 (1.0–78.8)

52.8 (7.0–185)

47.9 (9.9–132)

12.4 (3.2–42.1)

3.45 (1.0–17.8)

1.82 (0.5–7.0)

1.1 (0.1–5.0)

 CU

69.4 (5.6–287)

35.1 (9.3–123)

25.5 (8.1–82.4)

50.9 (8.1–177)

51.2 (8.9–162)

12.1 (3.6–36.2)

3.27 (1.1–12.3)

1.91 (0.4–4.9)

1.1 (0.3–3.8)

P-value

0.964

0.809

0.914

0.716

0.427

0.746

0.596

0.586

0.795

Control

 IUHW

11.9 (1.7–47.8)

87.3 (5.7–193)

39.1 (3.2–120)

10.1 (2.0–25.9)

10.3 (2.1–25.7)

1.53 (0.3–5.1)

1.06 (0.2–2.9)

0.601 (0.01–2.4)

0.377 (0.01–0.8)

 CU

14.0 (3.3–49.6)

102 (5.7–218)

44.9 (3.8–111)

11.0 (2.4–30.9)

13.6 (2.4–32.1)

1.77 (0.4–5.3)

1.22 (0.2–2.6)

0.584 (0.2–1.3)

0.561 (0.1–1.5)

P-value

0.489

0.317

0.440

0.616

0.185

0.464

0.367

0.890

0.0404

  1. Abbreviations: CU, Chiba University; IID, itai-itai disease; IUHW, International University of Health and Welfare.
  2. Values are present as average (min–max).