Table 1.
Demographic characteristics
| n | % | |
|---|---|---|
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| State | ||
| Iowa | 354 | 51.16 |
| North Carolina | 338 | 48.84 |
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| Education | ||
| <High School | 348 | 50.29 |
| High School+ | 344 | 49.71 |
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| Marital statusa | ||
| Married | 612 | 88.44 |
| Single/Divorced/Widowed | 77 | 11.13 |
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| Smoking | ||
| Never | 400 | 57.80 |
| Current | 46 | 6.65 |
| Past | 246 | 35.55 |
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| Alcohol use | ||
| 0 drinks/week | 397 | 57.37 |
| 1-7 drinks/week | 226 | 32.66 |
| >7 drinks/week | 69 | 9.97 |
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| Personal protective equipment (PPE) | ||
| No | 96 | 13.87 |
| Yes | 596 | 86.13 |
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| Head injury | ||
| No | 528 | 76.30 |
| Yes- No loss of consciousness | 70 | 10.12 |
| Yes- Loss of consciousness | 94 | 13.58 |
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| Welding exposure | ||
| No | 558 | 80.64 |
| Yes | 134 | 19.36 |
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| Soldering exposure | ||
| No | 657 | 94.94 |
| Yes | 35 | 5.06 |
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| High pesticide exposure event (HPEE) | ||
| No | 533 | 77.02 |
| Yes | 159 | 22.98 |
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| Mean | SD | |
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| Age | 61.21 | 11.64 |
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| Cumulative lifetime days of organophosphate pesticide exposureb | 195.28 | 4.02 |
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| Cumulative lifetime days of total pesticide exposureb | 988.69 | 2.94 |
SD: Standard deviation
a
Missing values n=3
b
Geometric mean and geometric standard deviation for ever-use values; n=673 for cumulative organophosphate pesticide exposure; n=691 for cumulative total pesticide exposure