Table 5. Estimated Short-term Health Effects of Pesticide Exposure on Blood Tests among Farmers in China, 2009–2011 (FE Estimation).
| Dependent variables: ∆Indicator | Independent variables: ∆ frequencies of pesticide application | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In past 3 days | In past 4–10 days | Constant | ||
| Mon | -0.11 (-0.15, -0.06)** | -0.05 (-0.09, 0.02)** | 0.37 (0.34, 0.40)** | |
| Monp | -1.98 (-2.73, -1.23)** | -0.94 (-1.50, -0.38)** | 6.14 (5.66, 6.62)** | |
| RBC | -0.17 (-0.25, -0.09) ** | -0.03 (-0.09, 0.03) | 4.69 (4.64, 4.75)** | |
| Hb | -2.01 (-3.87, -0.16)* | -1.26 (-2.64, 0.12) | 144.30 (143.1, 145.5)** | |
| Hct | -0.88 (-1.63, -0.14)* | 0.08 (-0.47, 0.64) | 42.70 (42.22, 43.17)** | |
| MCV | 1.66 (0.72, 2.60)** | 0.83 (-0.13, 1.52)* | 91.62 (91.02, 92.22)** | |
| MCH | 0.70 (0.33, 1.06)** | -0.08 (-0.35, 0.19) | 30.96 (30.72, 31.19)** | |
| MCHC | 2.27 (-0.25, 4.80) | -3.76 (-5.63, -1.88) ** | 337.17 (335.55, 338.78)** | |
| RDW_CV | -0.16 (-0.33, 0.01)* | 0.13 (0.01, 0.25)* | 12.56 (12.45, 12.66)** | |
| PLT | -8.67 (-16.53, -0.81)* | -3.47 (-9.30, 2.36) | 215.62 (210.59, 220.65)** | |
| PDW | 0.75 (0.36, 1.14)** | 0.21 (-0.07, 0.50) | 14.65 (14.40, 14.90)** | |
| ALT | 4.54 (2.64, 6.43)** | -0.45 (-1.86, 0.95) | 21.28 (20.06, 22.49)** | |
| AST | 3.59 (1.76, 5.43)** | -0.82 (-2.18, 0.53) | 24.01 (22.84, 25.18)** | |
| CHE | -355.24(-534.1, -176.4) ** | -237.37(-370.1, -104.7)** | 8641.03(8526.6, 8755.5)** | |
| TP | -3.56 (-4.79, -2.32)** | -0.48 (-1.40, 0.43) | 74.58 (73.78, 75.37)** | |
| BUN | 0.22 (0.02, 0.43)* | 0.02 (-0.13, 0.18) | 5.25 (5.12, 5.38)** | |
| Na | -0.78 (-1.29, -0.27)** | -0.42 (-0.79, -0.04)* | 141.83 (141.51, 142.16)** | |
| P | 0.07 (0.02, 0.12)** | -0.04 (-0.07, -0.005)* | 1.24 (1.21, 1.27)** | |
| VB12 | -4.14 (-60.85, 52.56) | 57.52 (15.46, 99.59) ** | 459.25 (422.98, 495.52) ** | |
| FPG | -0.25 (-0.40, -0.10)** | -0.17 (-0.28, -0.06)** | 5.35 (5.25, 5.44)** | |
Abbreviations: ALT, alanine aminotransaminase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; CHE, cholinesterase; CI, confidence interval; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; Hb, haemoglobin; Hct, hematocrit; Mon, monocytes; Monp, monocyte percentage; MCH, mean corpuscular haemoglobin; MCHC, mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration; MCV, mean corpuscular volume; Na, Sodium; P, inorganic phosphorus; PDW, platelet distribution width; PLT, platelet count; RBC, red blood cell; RDW_CV, red cell distribution width coefficient of variation; TP, total protein; VB12, Vitamin B12.
* and ** represent the levels of significance at 5% and 1%, respectively.