Table 5.
Effect of pesticides exposure variables on biomarkers of genotoxicity (with estimates of mean frequency ratio – FR and mean ratio - MR)
| MNL | MN-RET | TCR-Mf | %T | |||||
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| Variables | n | FR and CI (95%) | n | FR and CI (95%) | n | FR and CI (95%) | n | MR and CI (95%) |
| Task | ||||||||
| Non-applicators | 29 | 1.00 | 29 | 1.00 | 26 | 1.00 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Applicators | 55 | 0.93 (0.65, 1.32) | 54 | 1.18 (0.65, 2.16) | 51 | 5.70 (1.92, 16.91)** | 50 | 1.03 (0.68, 1.57) |
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| Pesticide preparation | ||||||||
| No | 29 | 1.00 | 30 | 1.00 | 29 | 1.00 | 28 | 1.00 |
| Yes | 55 | 0.95 (0.67, 1.34) | 53 | 1.74 (1.02, 2.97)* | 48 | 0.25 (0.09, 0.75)* | 51 | 1.52 (1.04, 2.23)* |
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| Season | ||||||||
| autumn-winter | 45 | 1.00 | 46 | 1.00 | 44 | 1.00 | 41 | 1.00 |
| spring-summer | 39 | 1.07 (0.79, 1.44) | 37 | 1.86 (1.14, 3.05)* | 33 | 0.07 (0.03, 0.17)** | 38 | 1.45 (1.06, 1.99)* |
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| Workplace | ||||||||
| Open-field | 13 | 1.00 | 13 | 1.00 | 9 | 1.00 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Greenhouses or both | 71 | 0.83 (0.56, 1.25) | 70 | 0.72 (0.35, 1.52) | 68 | 4.50 (1.45, 13.97)** | 68 | 0.56 (0.35, 0.89)* |
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| Inadequate usage | ||||||||
| No | 66 | 1.00 | 65 | 1.00 | 60 | 1.00 | 61 | 1.00 |
| Yes | 18 | 0.86 (0.59, 1.26) | 18 | 0.64 (0.37, 1.09) | 17 | 7.60 (2.19, 26.34)** | 18 | 0.92 (0.61, 1.39) |
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| Previous intoxications | ||||||||
| No | 78 | 1.00 | 78 | 1.00 | 73 | 1.00 | 73 | 1.00 |
| Yes | 6 | 0.43 (0.22, 0.81)** | 5 | 1.39 (0.47, 4.17) | 4 | 0.17 (0.04, 0.68)* | 6 | 1.15 (0.63, 2.12) |
*
p<0.05;
**
p<0.01; CI – confidence interval.