Table 2.
Biochemical parameters, effect biomarkers and perceived symptomatology 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 | Mean ± SD | ||
| Biochemical parametersa | |||
| Cholesterol level (mg/dL) | 184 ± 33 | 193 ± 73 | 0.4230 |
| Triglycerides level (mg/dL) | 99 ± 51 | 170 ± 218 | 0.0230 |
| Effect biomarkersa | |||
| BChE (U/L) | 4,872 ± 857 | 5,525 ± 1,196 | 0.0021 |
| AChE (U/L) | 3,152 ± 851 | 3,656 ± 1,006 | 0.0079 |
| ICH | 6.52 ± 0.75 | 9.71 ± 2.17 | <0.0001 |
| AC | 0.17 ± 0.27 | 1.11 ± 0.89 | <0.0001 |
| MN | 3.83 ± 0.71 | 6.66 ± 1.34 | <0.0001 |
| CE | 123.52 ± 3.95 | 146.61 ± 33.58 | <0.0001 |
| n | n | Pearson chi2 | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perceived symptomatologyb | ||||
| General | 15 | 32 | 16.2825 | 0.003 |
| Dermatological | 12 | 25 | 11.2105 | 0.011 |
| Neurological | 16 | 29 | 13.4057 | 0.009 |
| Ocular | 11 | 27 | 14.6016 | 0.002 |
| Cardiorespiratory | 11 | 20 | 7.7287 | 0.102 |
| Gastric | 15 | 16 | 3.0859 | 0.544 |
| Urinary | 4 | 13 | 7.3774 | 0.025 |
a
p value of the comparisons of continue variables between non-occupationally and occupationally exposed groups was calculated using t-test.
b
Association between exposure and categorical variables was calculated using chi2 test.