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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 19.
Published in final edited form as: J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2015 Jun 3;25(6):608–615. doi: 10.1038/jes.2015.39

Table 2.

Pre- and post-intervention pesticide levels (pg/cm2) in floor wipe samples for control and intervention groups.a

Control (n=50) f Intervention (n=53) g

Pre-intervention DF% GM (95%CI) 25th 50th 75th 90th Max DF% GM (95%CI) 25th 50th 75th 90th Max
Carbaryl b 92.0 8.0 (5.6, 11.4) 3.8 6.6 14.0 27.1 1,510 94.3 7.3 (5.0,10.4) 3.1 5.7 18.1 38.1 162
Chlorpyrifos c 82.0 5.9 (4.0, 8.7) 2.0 5.8 14.7 33.2 124 79.3 4.3 (3.0, 6.1) 1.9 3.8 11.9 22.0 61.8
Cypermethrin d 80.0 50.7 (28.0, 92.0) 10.2 27.4 251 1,360 7,210 67.9 34.1 (20.0, 58.1) 9.8 28.5 84.4 229 24,000
Dacthal e 98.0 5.8 (4.2, 8.0) 2.8 4.7 13.8 29.1 138 100 5.0 (3.8, 6.6) 2.2 4.9 8.4 16.4 154
Diazinon c 92.0 3.0 (2.2, 4.3) 1.1 3.2 6.8 11.4 83.4 92.5 2.7 (1.9, 3.70) 1.0 2.8 6.2 9.1 67.9
Malathion c 54.0 7.7 (5.7, 10.6) <LOD 7.4 13.0 32.8 91.0 62.3 8.1 (5.5, 12.0) <LOD 8.1 15.2 44.0 220
trans-Permethrin d 100 46.8 (35.4, 86.6) 14.7 50.3 166 373 1,360 100 39.3 (23.4, 66.2) 10.7 29.2 147 392 43,600

Control (n=50) h Intervention (n=53) i

Post-intervention DF% GM (95%CI) 25th 50th 75th 90th Max DF% GM (95%CI) 25th 50th 75th 90th Max

Carbaryl b 90.0 11.6 (8.0, 16.9) 5.2 9.6 23.5 58.3 292.0 94.3 8.4 (6.0, 11.8) 3.2 5.9 22.0 48.5 90.4
Chlorpyrifos c 78.0 5.0 (3.2, 7.8) 1.6 4.9 14.0 47.8 136 75.5 3.9 (2.8, 5.5) 1.9 4.0 6.6 27.9 82.7
Cypermethrin d 79.0 67.9 (31.8, 14.5) 9.0 37.8 348 4,290 19,000 67.9 29.4 (18.4, 47.0) 11.5 20.6 66.9 183 5,972
Dacthal e 98.0 5.9 (4.2, 8.3) 2.34 5.2 13.1 27.2 76.5 98.1 4.5 (3.4, 5.9) 2.9 4.8 7.3 10.9 112
Diazinon c 98.0 4.6 (3.3, 6.3) 2.04 4.7 9.7 19.4 60.7 92.5 3.5 (2.6, 4.8) 1.9 3.3 7.2 12.3 92.9
Malathion c 70.0 10.8 (7.3, 16.1) <LOD 10.7 23.5 86.7 149 56.6 8.5 (6.1, 11.8) <LOD 9.6 15.2 33.4 98.2
trans-Permethrin d 100 60.7 (37.0, 99.7) 18.3 52.5 204 603 5,510 100 32.9 (21.6, 50.1) 11.1 26.9 68.9 274 7,660
a

Floor wipe MDLs: carbaryl: 10 ng; chlorpyrifos: 10 ng; cypermethrin: 20 ng; dacthal: 3 ng; malathion: 50 ng; trans-permethrin: 6 ng.

b

Carbamate;

c

Organophosphate;

d

Pyrethroid;

e

Alkyl Phthalate.

f

Sample size n=50 for all except Cypermethrin (n=49);

g

Sample size n=53 for all except Cypermethrin (n=52).

h

Sample size n=50 for all except Carbaryl (n=46), Cypermethrin (n=44), Dacthal (n=49).

i

Sample size n=53 for all except Cypermethrin (n=51).