Evaluation of Systemic Genotoxic/Oxidative and Proinflammatory Effects in Workers of a Titanium Dioxide Production Plant

Table 5

Fpg-comet results: direct DNA damage analysed taking into account the specific task.

Parameters/task		Mean	SD	value
Tail DNA%
Bagging operators	4	12.58	0.74	0.256 (ANOVA)
Industrial cleaners	5	13.90	4.74
Mobile operators	9	11.65	1.83
Maintainers	13	13.23	2.51
Technicians	9	12.72	2.05
Office workers	5	14.08	2.24
External controls	18	11.56	2.62
TM
Bagging operators	4	3.30	0.69	0.166 (ANOVA)
Industrial cleaners	5	3.55	0.97
Mobile operators	9	2.56	0.70
Maintainers	13	3.09	0.65
Technicians	9	3.26	0.83
Office workers	5	3.78	0.88
External controls	18	2.92	1.02
TL
Bagging operators	4	19.51	8.06	0.139 (Kruskal-Wallis)
Industrial cleaners	5	12.29	3.23
Mobile operators	9	14.90	5.56
Maintainers	13	17.50	6.32
Technicians	9	17.40	6.28
Office workers	5	25.51	6.14
External controls	18	17.65	8.33