Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics and personal health history of subjects occupationally (n = 47) and non-occupationally (n = 53) exposed to pesticides from the Province of Córdoba.

	Non-occupationally exposed	Occupationally exposed	p-value
	Mean ± SD or %	Mean ± SD or %
Socio-demographic characteristics
Gender	Male	Male
Agea	38 ± 10	40 ± 10	0.4170
Height (m)a	1.76 ± 0.07	1.74 ± 0.09	0.2506
Weight (kg)a	79.17 ± 9.22	91.29 ± 16.37	0.0001
BMIb,c			<0.0001
Normal	48	11
Overweight	50	37
Obesity	2	52
Educational levelc.d			<0.0001
Elementary	2	37
Middle	10	15
High school	23	35
University	65	13
Marital statusc,e			0.3810
Married	58	68
Divorced or separated	0	2
Widower	2	0
Single	40	30

	n	n	Pearson chi2	p-value
Personal health historyc
Diabetes	0	4	3.8114	0.051
Hypertension	1	3	0.8738	0.350
Asthma	1	3	0.8738	0.350
Respiratory allergies	6	6	0.0062	0.937
Dermatological allergies	1	7	4.6456	0.031
Dermatitis	2	2	0.0068	0.934
Pneumonia	4	7	0.6517	0.419
Lung diseases	2	3	0.1326	0.716
Heart diseases	2	2	0.0019	0.965
Cancer	0	0	-	-
Kidney pathology	2	2	0.0019	0.965
Liver pathology	13	15	<0.0001	0.997
Thyroid disease	1	0	1.0936	0.296

^ap value of the comparisons of continue variables between non-occupationally and occupationally exposed groups was calculated using t-test.

^bBMI (bodymassindex, kg/m²).

^cAssociation between exposure and categorical variables was calculated using chi² test.

^dEducational level was categorized as: Elementary (1), Middle (2), High school (3), University (4).

^eMarital status was categorized as: Married (1), Divorced or separated (2), Widower (3), Single (4).