Table 6.
Gastrointestinal and urinary symptoms of non-skeletal fluorosis in a 6-month eggshell powder intervention in treatment and control groups.
| Gastrointestinal and Urinary Symptoms § of Non-Skeletal Fluorosis, N (%) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss of Appetite | Nausea | Bloating in Stomach | Polydipsia | Polyuria | Constipation | ||||||||
| Group | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | |
| Baseline | IG (n = 39) | 14 (35.9) | 25 (64.1) | 21 (53.8) | 18 (46.2) | 7 (17.9) | 32 (82.1) | 6 (15.4) | 33 (84.6) | 2 (5.1) | 37 (94.9) | 31 (79.5) | 8 (20.5) |
| CG (n = 39) | 12 (30.8) | 27 (69.2) | 19 (48.7) | 20 (51.3) | 8 (20.5) | 31 (79.5) | 3 (7.7) | 36 (92.3) | 3 (7.7) | 36 (92.3) | 34 (87.2) | 5 (12.8) | |
| RR (95%CI) | 1.15 (0.87, 2.53) | 1.17 (0.84, 1.64) | 1.31 (0.82, 2.11) | 0.91 (0.60, 1.37) | 0.96 (0.72, 1.28) | 1.04 (0.74, 1.47) | |||||||
| Endline | IG (n = 39) | 4 (10.3) | 35 (89.7) | 5 (12.8) | 34 (87.2) | 7 (17.9) | 32 (82.1) | 5 (12.8) | 34 (87.2) | 2 (5.1) | 37 (94.9) | 10 (25.6) | 29 (74.4) |
| CG (n = 39) | 17 (43.6) | 22 (56.4) | 21 (53.8) | 18 (46.2) | 9 (23.1) | 30 (76.9) | 7 (17.9) | 32 (82.1) | 4 (10.3) | 35 (89.7) | 13 (33.3) | 26 (66.7) | |
| RR (95%CI) | 0.23 (0.09, 0.64) * | 0.24 (0.10, 0.58) * | 0.78 (0.32, 1.88) | 0.71 (0.25, 2.06) | 0.50 (0.10, 2.57) | 0.77 (0.38, 1.54) | |||||||
§ Testing was done according to Shashi et al. [22]; * Statistically significant association observed at p-value < 0.05. IG = Intervention group, CG = Control group.