Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of 236 farmers according to the level of pesticide exposure.

Variables	Pesticides Application in 2009–2011		p Value
	Group H	Group L
No. of farmers	155	81
Mean age, y (SD)	50.2	53.8	0.005 **
Mean education year, (SD)	7.07	7.52	0.19
Female, %	23.9	33.3	0.12
Current smoker, %	50.3	39.5	0.11
Current drinker, %	41.3	42.0	0.92
Mean body mass index (SD)	22.8	24.4	0.001 **
Protection measure, %	14.2	12.4	0.69
Pesticide poisoning events, %	17.4	6.2	0.02 *
Recent pesticide use, %	51.0	8.6	<0.001 **
Exposure to other potentially neurotoxic substances, %	0.65	4.94	0.03 *

Note: * and ** indicate significance at 5% and 1%, respectively.