Table 5.

Association between symptoms of recent organophosphate (OP) pesticide poisoning^* and independent variables (use of respiratory personal protective equipment (PPE), age, years of OP pesticide exposure and whether subject reports application of pesticides for work).

Poisoning symptoms	OR	P-value (<0.05)	Confidence Interval (95%)
Use of respiratory PPEa	0.338	0.013	0.143	0.797
Ageb	0.356	0.032	0.138	0.917
Years of OP pesticide exposurec	1.030	0.043	1,000	1.060
Applicator status d	0.935	0.887	0.373	2.343

^*We considered a subject to have poisoning symptoms if they reported at least two symptoms associated with exposure to OP pesticides during the last year.

^a1= Does not use PPE; 0= Use PPE

^b0= ≤49 years old, 1= > 49 years old

^cContinuous variable

^d1= Pesticide applicator; 0= Non-applicator