Table 5.
Clinical manifestation of acute organophosphate poisoning (nicotinic) among farm workers
Symptoms | Exposed population |
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Male = 132 n (%) | Female = 93 n (%) | Total = 225 n (%) | |
Tremors | 14 (10.61) | 7 (7.53) | 21 (9.3) |
Muscle weakness | 8 (6.06) | 5 (5.38) | 13 (5.7) |
Hypertension | 2 (1.52) | 0 (0) | 2 (0.8) |
Tachycardia | 4 (3.03) | 3 (3.23) | 7 (3.1) |
Sweating | 18 (13.63) | 13 (13.98) | 31 (13.78) |
Mydriasis | 13 (9.85) | 6 (6.45) | 19 (8.4) |
No symptoms were observed in the controls