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Table 2 Comparison between urban and rural children as regarding history data

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

 

Group

p

Urban

Rural

 

Visits to the field

   

 No

45 (100.0%)

16 (35.6%)

< 0.001

 Yes

0 (0.0%)

29 (64.4%)

 

Eating vegetables without washing

   

 No

41 (91.1%)

19 (42.2%)

< 0.001

 Yes

4 (8.9%)

26 (57.8%)

 

Insecticides at home

   

 No

38 (84.4%)

25 (55.6%)

0.003

 Yes

7 (15.6%)

20 (44.4%)

 

Previous OP toxicity of the patients

   

 No

45 (100.0%)

38 (84.4%)

0.006

 Yes

0 (0.0%)

7 (15.6%)

 

FH of OPP

   

 No

45 (100.0%)

31 (68.9%)

< 0.001

 Yes

0 (0.0%)

14 (31.1%)

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