Table 1.
Overview of data available from El Salvador and Nicaragua cohort studies14–17
| Exploratory dataset, El Salvador, WE Project | ||||||||||
| Preharvest | Week | End-harvest | ||||||||
| 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | ||
| Questionnaire, 2-week recall | ||||||||||
| Symptoms | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Biomarker, preshift and postshift | ||||||||||
| Dipstick: SpG, RBCs, WBCs, protein | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| eGFR | X | X | X | |||||||
| CRP | X | X | X | |||||||
| WBC | X | X | X | |||||||
| Hb | X | X | X | |||||||
| Confirmation dataset, Nicaragua, Adelante | ||||||||||
| Preharvest | Cross-harvest | End-harvest | ||||||||
| Routine random monitoring of workers | Mid-harvest, ~week 10 | Routine random monitoring of workers | ||||||||
| eGFR | Dipsticks preshift and postshift as part of hydration monitoring (specific gravity). Leukocyturia is recorded | Creatinine screening aiming to identify workers with kidney injury for rest or ending or changing employment | Dipsticks preshift and postshift as part of hydration monitoring (specific gravity). Leukocyturia is recorded | eGFR | ||||||
RBCs=haematuria, WBCs=leukocyturia.
CRP, C reactive protein; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; Hb, haemoglobin; RBC, red blood cell; SpG, specific gravity; WBC, white blood cell; WE, Worker Health and Efficiency.