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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Ind Med. 2010 Aug;53(8):802–813. doi: 10.1002/ajim.20856

Table V.

Association of Housing Type with at Least on Detection and with Grouped Numbers of Detections for Pesticide Urinary Metabolites, Eastern North Carolina, 2007 (n = 196).

Metabolites and
number of
detections
House Barracks Trailer Detections
None vs.
at least
one*
Grouped
number of
detections*

n % n % n % p p
Organophosphorus insecticides
    APE 0.0004 0.0012
        0 10 12.1 13 38.2 8 10.1
        1 – 2 48 57.8 18 52.9 48 60.8
        3 – 4 25 30.1 3 8.8 23 29.1
    TCPy ns ns
        0 13 15.7 2 5.9 7 8.9
        1 – 2 45 54.2 23 67.7 44 55.7
        3 – 4 25 30.1 9 26.5 28 35.4
    Dmet 0.0062 0.0062
        0 60 72.3 33 97.1 66 83.5
        1 – 2 23 27.7 1 2.9 13 16.4
    MDA ns ns
        0 22 26.5 7 20.6 23 29.1
        1 40 48.2 13 38.2 37 46.8
        2 – 3 21 25.3 14 41.2 19 24.1
    MMP 0.0047 0.0047
        0 47 56.6 30 88.2 52 65.8
        1 – 3 36 43.4 4 11.8 27 34.2
Carbamate fungicide
    ETU ns ns
        0 33 39.8 11 32.4 36 45.6
        1 – 2 43 51.8 21 61.8 38 48.1
        3 – 4 7 8.4 2 5.9 5 6.3
Pyrethroid insecticides
    3PBA 0.0203 0.0079
        0 2 2.4 3 8.8 0
        1 – 2 48 57.8 24 70.6 40 50.6
        3 – 4 33 39.8 7 20.6 39 49.4
Herbicides
    2,4-D ns .048
        0 2 2.4 2 5.9 0
        1 – 2 32 38.6 11 32.4 19 24.1
        3 – 4 49 59.0 21 61.8 60 76.0
    ACE 0.0099 <0.001
        0 10 12.1 1 2.9 1 1.3
        1 41 49.4 32 94.1 47 59.5
        2 – 3 32 38.6 1 2.9 31 39.2
    MET <0.0001 <0.001
        0 31 37.4 29 85.3 48 60.8
        1 – 2 39 47.0 5 14.7 28 35.4
        3 – 4 13 15.7 0 3 3.8
*

Chi square statistic used to test differences in detection across housing type.

ns = not significant