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Significant higher concentration of Pb, Cd and GST in case group compared to control group p&lt;0.05, no-significant effect of disease present or smoking in Pb, Cd and GST levels, in the case group, significant inverse correlation in age with Cd. A Significant inverse association between Cd and Pb in case group but in control group, no significant correlation among other variables. Linear regression of GST level on Pb and Cd showed non-sig effect (b=0.041, p=0.884 of Cd and b=-0.957, p=0.973 of Pb) in case group, significant association of GSTT1 null genotyping (OR=34.7561, CI95%=1.9448 to 621.1255 at p=0.0159) with risk of toxicity, the null of GSTT1 also showed sig significant impact on Pb and Cd levels in the case group (p= 0.000 and 0.006 respectively), while GSTM1 showed non -significant.\nConclusions: Results suggested elevation of heavy metals PB, Cd levels and GST activity in case group may be significantly influence by the GSTT1 null genotyping, indicating a potential role in reduce detoxification capacity and increase health risk in exposed worker.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.36740\/merkur202604113","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,11]],"date-time":"2026-09-11T20:00:00Z","timestamp":1789156800000},"page":"464","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Detoxification of some heavy metals by GST level and null genotypes of GST (GSTM1 and GSTT1) in car repairing workshops workers"],"prefix":"10.36740","volume":"54","author":[{"given":"Noora M.","family":"Hameed","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"MIDDLE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL TECHNIQUES, BAGHDAD, IRAQ"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tabark Fakhri","family":"Hashim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"MIDDLE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL TECHNIQUES, BAGHDAD, IRAQ"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ahmed M.","family":"Amshawee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF HILLA, BABYLON, IRAQ"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zainab Ali","family":"Hussein","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF HILLA, BABYLON, IRAQ"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Maryam A.","family":"Hussain","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL TECHNIQUES, AL-FURAT AL-AWSAT TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, BABYLON, IRAQ"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Islam K.","family":"Alazzawi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"PHARMACY COLLEGE, ALFARAHIDI UNIVERSITY, BAGHDAD, IRAQ"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mona N.","family":"Al-Terehi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY, COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF BABYLON, BABYLON, IRAQ"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ahmed Flayyih","family":"Hasan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES, COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, AL-FARABI UNIVERSITY, BAGHDAD, IRAQ"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"22436","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,31]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref0","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"1. 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