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Published in final edited form as: Expo Health. 2020 May 21;13(1):51–64. doi: 10.1007/s12403-020-00361-w

Table 3.

Associations between change in AChE activity between two agricultural seasons with depression and anxiety symptoms (n=300).

Mental health score (β) per 10% inhibition in AChE activity (95% CI)
Depression Anxiety
Total Obsession - compulsion Generalized Anxiety Disorder Social Anxiety
All 0.96 (0.01, 1.90)* −0.47 (−1.48, 0.53) 0.06 (−0.96, 1.08) 0.22 (−0.79, 1.22) −0.31 (−1.31, 0.69)
Age (tertiles) pinteraction= 0.04 pinteraction= 0.39 pinteraction= 0.56 pinteraction= 0.37 pinteraction= 0.17
11.0–13.49y (n=99) 0.74 (−1.11, 2.59) −0.56 (−1.38, 2.51) −0.49 (−1.47, 2.44) 0.68 (−1.32, 2.67) 0.83 (−1.11, 2.77)
13.5–15.2y (n=97) 0.53 (−1.23, 2.28) −1.05 (−3.22, 1.12) −0.29 (−2.34, 1.75) 0.15 (−1.91, 2.21) −1.43 (−3.44, 0.59)
15.3–17.9y (n=105) 2.79 (0.48, 5.09)* −1.29 (−3.25, 0.66) −0.19 (−2.43, 2.05) −0.20 (−2.33, 1.93) −0.50 (−2.70, 1.69)
Gender pinteraction= 0.91 pinteraction= 0.57 pinteraction= 0.80 pinteraction= 0.69 pinteraction= 0.36
Female (n=153) 1.00 (−0.07, 2.08) −0.38 (−1.53, 0.78) −0.36 (−0.81, 1.54) 0.55 (−0.58, 1.69) −0.10 (−1.25, 1.06)
Male (n=148) 0.61 (−1.26, 2.48) −0.77 (−2.76, 1.22) −0.34 (−2.36, 1.66) −0.46 (−2.48, 1.56) −0.75 (−2.73, 1.22)

Adjustments: age, gender, AChE activity in April, hemoglobin concentration (baseline and follow-up), z-score for height-for-age, z-score for BMI-for-age, and family income.

*

p<0.01

p<0.1