Table 1.
Characteristics and baseline kidney function of study population by job
| Participants | Overall | Field Worker | Non – Field Worker | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cane cutter |
Seeder | Seed cutter | Agrichemical applicator |
Irrigator | Driver | Factory worker |
||
| No. (%) | 284 (100%) | 51 (18%) | 36 (13%) | 19 (7%) | 29 (10%) | 49 (17%) | 41 (14%) | 59 (21%) |
| Characteristics | ||||||||
| Male sex | 251 (88%) | 51 (100%) | 15 (42%) | 9 (47%) | 29 (100%) | 49 (100%) | 41 (100%) | 57 (97%) |
| Age (y) | 33.6 ±10.4 | 30.5 ± 10.6 | 30.2 ± 8.7 | 30.3 ± 9.2 | 34.7 ± 8.2 | 30.3 ± 8.8 | 40.9 ± 11.2 | 36.5 ± 9.8 |
| Duration working at company (y) | 9.4 ± 9.0 | 3.6 ± 5.3 | 4.9 ± 4.8 | 3.7 ± 4.4 | 12.0 ± 8.0 | 9.7 ± 8.0 | 14.4 ± 8.9 | 14.2 ± 10.6 |
| Water per day (L) | 5.1 ± 2.2 | 6.3 ± 2.8 | 4.4 ± 2.2 | 5.8 ± 2.4 | 4.6 ± 1.8 | 6.3 ± 1.9 | 4.6 ± 1.6 | 4.0 ± 1.7 |
| Electrolyte solution packets per daya | 2.4 ± 1.9 | 3.6 ± 1.4 | 2.0 ± 1.5 | 2.5 ± 1.5 | 3.5 ± 1.9 | 2.3 ± 1.6 | 0.4 ± 1.2 | 2.7 ± 2.0 |
| Kidney function at preharvest | ||||||||
| eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2) | 114 ± 17 | 111 ±18 | 118 ± 19 | 116 ± 18 | 116 ± 14 | 120 ± 14 | 106 ± 17 | 113 ± 16 |
| ACR (mg/g) | 2.9 ± 3.5 | 3.8 ± 4.3 | 4.5 ± 4.4 | 2.9 ± 2.3 | 2.4 ± 4.5 | 2.2 ± 3.6 | 3.0 ± 2.7 | 2.5 ± 2.7 |
| eGFR <60 mL/min/1.73 m2 | 1 (0.4%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (3%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| ACR >30 mg/g | 12 (4%) | 3 (6%) | 4 (11%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (7%) | 2 (4%) | 1 (2%) | 0 (0%) |
Note: Values for categorical variables are given as number (percentage); values for continuous variables are given as mean ± standard deviation, with the exception of ACR, which is given as geometric mean ± geometric standard deviation.
Abbreviations: eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; ACR, albumin-creatinine ratio.
a
Each packet is 100 mL.