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Table 2 Mean blood lead levels of children from urban area of Kinshasa in 2011

From: Blood lead levels in children after phase-out of leaded gasoline in Kinshasa, the capital of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

 

N

GM [95% CI]

GSD

AM

Median

Min

Max

All

100

8.7 [8.0-9.5]

3.7

9.5

8.6

1.5

22.0

Sex a

Boys

64

8.5 [7.6-9.5]

3.8

9.3

8.2

2.2

22.0

 

Girls

36

9.1 [7.8-10.6]

3.6

9.9

9.4

1.5

20.0

  1. a Two -sample t test: p = 0.46, GM, Geometric mean; GSD, Geometric standard deviation; AM, Arithmetic mean; Min, Minimum; Max, Maximum.