TABLE 3.
Pesticide urinary metabolites | LOD/LOQ (μg/L) | Rice farming communities |
Aquacultural farming communities |
P value (Mann-Whitney U test) | ||||||||
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Detection (%) | Creatinine unadjusted (μg/L) |
Creatinine adjusted (μg/g creatinine) |
Detection (%) | Creatinine unadjusted (μg/L) |
Creatinine adjusted (μg/g creatinine) |
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Range | GM | Range | GM | Range | GM | Range | GM | |||||
TCPY | 0.25 | 100% | 0.6-22 | 4.6 | 1.90–55 | 6.0 | 82% | <LOD–10 | 1.5 | <LOD–18 | 2.6 | .007** |
DMP | 2.50 | 54% | <LOD–55 | 3.3 | <LOD–82 | 4.3 | 27% | <LOD–13 | 2.1 | <LOD–21 | 3.3 | .88 |
DMTP | 0.20 | 35% | <LOD–214 | 0.5 | <LOD–284 | 0.6 | 48% | <LOD–17 | 0.4 | <LOD–19 | 0.6 | .87 |
DMDTP | 0.20 | 20% | <LOD–1.9 | 0.2 | <LOD–2.6 | 0.2 | 10% | <LOD–1.3 | 0.2 | <LOD–2 | 0.2 | .73 |
DEP | 0.20 | 87% | <LOD–21 | 1.7 | <LOD–33 | 2.3 | 55% | <LOD–5.2 | 0.3 | <LOD–18 | 0.5 | .003** |
DETP | 0.10 | 95% | <LOD–71 | 1.2 | <LOD–74 | 1.7 | 65% | <LOD–14 | 0.2 | <LOD–21 | 0.4 | .002** |
DEDTP | 0.20 | 23% | <LOD–0.7 | 0.2 | <LOD–1.8 | 0.2 | 7.1% | LOD–1.2 | 0.2 | <LOD–0.9 | 0.2 | .55 |
ΣDAP | 26–2383a | 210a | 40–3165b | 270b | 20–375a | 62a | 15–1290b | 101b | .008** | |||
ADDc | 0.07–1.78 | 0.23 | 0.01–0.61 | 0.10 | .004** |
Reported in nmol/L.
Reported in μmol/g creatinine.
Reported in μg/kg/day.
Significant level at P < .01. Mann-Whitney U test was performed between two groups, using creatinine-adjusted concentrations.