Table 5.
Neurodevelopmental outcomes of organophosphate pesticide exposure studies listed in Table 4.
Author/cohort | Cognitive | Behavioral | Sensory | Motor | Morphology |
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Young et al. (2005) (CHAMACOS, CA, USA) | n/a | No effect | n/a | ↑ Abnormal reflexes | n/a |
Eskenazi et al. (2007) (CHAMACOS, CA, USA) | 3.5 point decrease in MDI with 10-fold increase in DAPs @ 24 months but not at other ages | 2-Fold increase in risk of PDD with each 10-fold increase in DAPs | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Eskenazi et al. (2010) (CHAMACOS, CA, USA) | ↓ MDI score with PON1 variant | ↑ PDD symptoms with ↓ PON1 activity | n/a | No effect | n/a |
Marks et al. (2010) (CHAMACOS, CA, USA) | n/a | ↑ Attention problems, ADHD | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Bouchard et al. (2011) (CHAMACOS, CA, USA) | 7 IQ pt decrease between lowest and highest quintile of exposure @ 7 years (changes seen in working memory, processing speed, verbal comprehension and perceptual reasoning) | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Rauh et al. (2006) (Columbia, NY, USA) | 3.3 pt ↓ in MDI score | ↑ Risk of attention symptom, ADHD, PDD problems | n/a | 6.5 pt ↓ in PDI score | n/a |
Rauh et al. (2011) (Columbia, NY, USA) | 0.4–0.8 pt and 0.2–0.4 decrease in Working Memory score and IQ with 1 pg/g increase in CPF | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Rauh et al. (2012) (Columbia, NY, USA) | IQ × exposure interaction related to ↑ surface measures of brain | n/a | n/a | n/a | ↑ Brain areas associated with cognition, behavior, language, reward, emotion and inhibitor control likely related to swelling from neuronal damages IQ x exposure interaction related to ↑ surface measures of brain |
Engel et al. (2007) (Mt. Sinai, NY, USA) | n/a | No effect | n/a | 2.24× ↑ abnormal reflexes | n/a |
Engel et al. (2011) (Mt. Sinai, NY, USA) | 3.3 and 2.1 point decrease in MDI with 10-fold increase in DAPs @12 (nonwhites only) and 24 months; no affect on PDI; decreased perceptual reasoning | n/a | n/a | No effect | n/a |
Rohlman et al. (2005) (OR and NC, USA) | No effect | No effect | No effect | ↓ Response speed and latency | n/a |
Ruckart et al. (2004) (Superfund sites, USA) | ↓ In short term memory (inconsistent across sites) | ↓ Attention and adaptive behavior (inconsistent across sites) | n/a | ↓ Motor skills (inconsistent across sites) | n/a |
Dahlgren et al. (2004) (Family case study; CA, USA) | Diagnosis of cognitive disorder, attention/executive dysfunction, severe expressive language disorder | n/a | ↓ Visual and auditory stimuli | Verbal articulation problems | n/a |
Martos Mula et al. (2005) (Jujuy, Argentina) | ↓ Short term memory | No effect | ↓ Visual perception performance | n/a | n/a |
Eckerman et al. (2007) (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) | ↓ In digit span test | ↓ selective attention | No effect | ↓ Motor speed | n/a |
Grandjean et al. (2006) (Quito, Ecuador) | No effect | n/a | ↓ Visuospatial performance | ↑ Reaction time with ↑ DAPs | n/a |
Kofman et al. (2006) (poisonings occurring <3 yrs age in Israel) | ↓ Verbal memory | Decreased performance on statue test (↓ inhibitory control) | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Rohlman et al. (2007) (Oregon, USA) | ↓ Complex functioning | ↓ sustained attention | No effect | ↓ Response speed | n/a |
Handal et al. (2007a) (Ecuador) | Marginally significant ↓ in communication | ↓ Social individual skills | n/a | ↓ Fine and gross motor skills | n/a |
Handal et al. (2007b) (Ecuador) | ↓ Problem solving skills | No effect | n/a | ↓ Fine motor skills, ↓ visual motor integration | n/a |
Lizardi et al. (2008) (Hispanic agricultural children in AZ, USA) | ↓ In subtest performance driven by two high levels (↓ conceptual level responses, failure to maintain set, ↑ number of errors and perseverative responses). | No effect | n/a | No effect | n/a |
Abdel Rasoul et al. (2008) (Menoufia, Egypt) | ↓ Intelligence in exposed, ↓ spatial relations, ↓ memory speed | ↓ Attention in exposed | ↓ Audio and visual memory | No effect | n/a |
Handal et al. (2008) (Ecuador) | ↓ Communication skills | n/a | ↓ Visual accuity | ↓ Fine motor skills | |
Bouchard et al. (2010) (NHANES 2000–2004, USA) | n/a | ↑ Hyperactive/impulsive ADHD; no differences seen in inattentive subtype or combined subtypes | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Harari et al. (2010) (Quito, Ecuador) | No effect | ↓ Attention function with DAPs | n/a | ↓ Motor speed, function with maternal occupation | n/a |
Muñoz et al. (2011) (Chile) | ↓ Processing speed | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Guodong et al. (2012) (Shanghai, China) | No association with language score | No association with social score | n/a | No association with motor score | n/a |
ADHD = attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; DAPs = dialkylphosphate metabolites of organophosphate insecticides; n/a = not applicable; MDI = mental development index; PDD = pervasive development disorder; PDI = psychomotor development index; PON1 = paraoxonase.