Table 2 Descriptive statistics of the concentrations of chemical elements in the lung (µg/kg).
Metal | N | Mean | StDev (*) | Minimum | Median | Maximum | IQR(**) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Br | 20 | 40.4 | 55.5 | 15.3 | 26.4 | 273.6 | 15.1 |
Ca | 20 | 2756.0 | 6310.0 | 564.0 | 1080.0 | 29,319.0 | 992.0 |
Ce | 19 | 294.5 | 235.0 | 39.6 | 245.6 | 1019.4 | 261.9 |
Cl | 20 | 16,229.0 | 4995.0 | 10,690.0 | 15,901.0 | 27,401.0 | 6314.0 |
Co | 20 | 93.7 | 34.8 | 25.7 | 94.0 | 149.0 | 60.4 |
Cr | 20 | 1047.0 | 906.0 | 121.0 | 695.0 | 3743.0 | 1111.0 |
Cs | 20 | 141.8 | 51.1 | 20.4 | 144.1 | 211.9 | 80.8 |
Fe | 20 | 1090.9 | 428.1 | 398.4 | 980.3 | 1784.5 | 731.3 |
Hf | 18 | 22.8 | 21.4 | 4.6 | 16.8 | 77.1 | 20.5 |
K | 20 | 7558.0 | 1324.0 | 5289.0 | 7158.0 | 9663.0 | 2343.0 |
La | 20 | 222.4 | 124.5 | 61.4 | 213.1 | 465.2 | 185.8 |
Mn | 20 | 702.4 | 313.9 | 182.9 | 657.0 | 1669.0 | 330.2 |
Na | 20 | 10,339.0 | 3466.0 | 6345.0 | 10,308.0 | 20,858.0 | 4154.0 |
Rb | 20 | 16.7 | 3.8 | 11.1 | 16.3 | 23.9 | 6.9 |
Sb | 20 | 193.4 | 139.9 | 16.6 | 164.8 | 591.4 | 135.2 |
Sc | 20 | 29.1 | 30.9 | 3.6 | 22.5 | 124.0 | 22.0 |
Se | 20 | 499.8 | 137.8 | 228.0 | 472.5 | 871.0 | 180.0 |
Th | 20 | 37.5 | 32.0 | 2.7 | 30.8 | 113.3 | 33.3 |
Zn | 20 | 55.8 | 11.5 | 42.5 | 52.2 | 87.4 | 15.1 |
