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Table 3 Basic characteristics (1) and group comparisons

From: Health-related quality of life (EQ-5D + C) among people living in artisanal and small-scale gold mining areas in Zimbabwe: a cross-sectional study

  

N (%)

VAS

 

HU1

 

Median (Min.–Max.)

p-value

Median (Min.–Max.)

p-value

Total sample

 

207 (100)

80.00 (50–100)

 

100 (26.90–100)

 

Gender

Male

169 (81.6)

81.00 (50–100)

p = 0.258a

100 (26.90–100)

p = 0.095a

Female

38 (18.4)

80.00 (50–100)

83.85 (41.70–100)

 

Missing

0 (0)

    

HBM combined

All specimens below HBM I

138 (66.7)

80.50 (50–100)

p = 0.169b

100 (41.70–100)

p = 0.730b

 

At least one specimen above HBM I

45 (21.7)

86.50 (50–100)

100 (26.90–100)

At least one specimen above HBM II

24 (11.6)

80.00 (50–100)

100 (55.20–100)

 

Missing

0 (0)

    

CMI

No

197 (95.2)

80 (50–100)

p = 0.025*a

100 (41.70–100)

p = 0.033*a

Yes

9 (4.3)

70 (50–97)

77.70 (26.90–100)

 

Missing

1 (0.5)

    
  1. VAS visual analogue scale, HU health utilities, HBM combined human biomonitoring limit values combined from urine and blood mercury levels, CMI chronic mercury intoxication, Min. Minimum, Max. Maximum
  2. 1 = two missing values; * = significance level 0.05; ** = significance level 0.01
  3. a = Mann-Whitney-U-test (comparison of central tendency of Outcome between two groups); b = Kruskal-Wallis-Test (comparison of central tendency of Outcome between more than two groups, with adjusted p-value)