Beni-Suef University Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

Table 1 Comparison between the urban and rural children as regarding demographic data

From: A comparative study: rural versus urban children as regard exposure to organophosphorus pesticides using cholinesterase enzyme activity

	Urban (mean ± SD)	Rural (mean ± SD)	p
Age (years)	7.7556 ± 2.80548	7.7111 ± 2.67669	0.939
Sex
Males	22 (48.9%)	21 (46.7%)	0.94
Females	23 (51.1%)	24 (53.3%)
Weight (kg)	30.6533 ± 9.41852	30.1467 ± 8.46859	0.789
Weight %	61.5556 ± 19.21240	46.0000 ± 15.54319	< 0.001
Height (cm)	125.2244 ± 18.33834	125.6044 ± 17.71942	0.446
Height %	45.2222 ± 12.74557	40.1111 ± 13.07708	0.068
BMI kg\m	19.1289 ± 1.83559	18.8244 ± 1.93745	0.507
Father education
None	6 (13.3%)	6 (13.3%)	0.79
Primary	9 (20.0%)	7 (15.6%)
Secondary	20 (44.4%)	18 (40.0%)
University	10 (22.2%)	14 (31.1%)
Mother education
None	6 (13.3%)	6 (13.3%)	0.32
Primary school	10 (22.2%)	8 (17.8%)
Secondary school	26 (57.8%)	22 (48.9%)
University	3 (6.7%)	9 (20.0%)
Father work
Employee	31 (68.9%)	27 (60.0%)	0.37
Worker	14 (31.1%)	18 (40.0%)
Mother work
Employee	21 (46.7%	19 (42.2%)	0.76
House wife	24 (53.3%)	26 (57.8%)

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