Table 3.

The health status by general characteristics (N = 812)

Variables		Physical component score		Mental component score
		Mean ± SD	p value †	Mean ± SD	p value †
Gender	Male	52.50 ± 15.82	0.403	53.68 ± 17.55	0.031
	Female	53.41 ± 15.42		51.08 ± 16.77
Age(years)	≤49	53.78 ± 15.62	0.064	53.13 ± 18.21	0.523
	50-59	52.71 ± 15.56		52.16 ± 16.83
	60-69	53.95 ± 15.14		52.27 ± 17.79
	70-79	50.93 ± 15.94		51.54 ± 16.64
	≥80	61.20 ± 14.11		57.57 ± 14.69
Marital status	Single	48.42 ± 16.06	<0.001	49.11 ± 17.23	0.009
	Married	54.04 ± 15.32		53.11 ± 17.11
Smoking‡	NO	51.14 ± 15.76	<0.001	50.83 ± 16.75	0.001
	Yes	57.38 ± 14.34		55.13 ± 17.52
Alcohol‡	NO	50.51 ± 16.19	<0.001	50.68 ± 17.55	0.004
	Yes	56.04 ± 14.30		54.13 ± 16.06
Regular exercise‡	NO	51.67 ± 15.61	0.013	51.12 ± 17.74	0.046
	Yes	54.40 ± 15.56		53.53 ± 16.28
Total pesticide exposure(years)‡	≤20	55.41 ± 14.53	0.016	54.00 ± 15.55	0.067
	21-36	53.32 ± 14.48		52.94 ± 16.16
	>36	51.48 ± 15.79		50.54 ± 17.95
Annual pesticide exposure(days)‡	≤14	53.91 ± 15.44	0.602	53.23 ± 15.54	0.340
	>14	53.31 ± 14.89		52.02 ± 17.57
Daily pesticide exposure(hours)‡	≤2	52.39 ± 14.91	0.058	51.29 ± 16.75	0.070
	>2	54.59 ± 15.23		53.60 ± 16.46
Annual labor period (months)‡	≤9	52.85 ± 15.81	0.141	51.84 ± 16.95	0.112
	>9	54.48 ± 14.75		53.76 ± 16.33
Daily labor period (hours)	≤8	54.44 ± 15.15	0.005	52.75 ± 17.28	0.483
	>8	51.34 ± 15.93		51.90 ± 17.11
Monthly day off(days)‡	≤4	52.06 ± 15.23	0.012	52.63 ± 16.42	0.736
	>4	54.91 ± 15.46		52.21 ± 16.71
Score of pesticide protective device wearing	≤15	51.54 ± 16.17	0.010	50.01 ± 17.43	<0.001
	>15	54.36 ± 14.94		54.64 ± 16.66
Score of pesticide exposure rule observance	≤20	52.66 ± 15.59	0.568	51.89 ± 17.17	0.444
	>20	53.28 ± 15.65		52.81 ± 17.23

^†p value by t-test or ANOVA.

^‡excluded no-response.