Pesticides residues detected

Control (n = 35)

Patients (n = 75)

p

Organochlorines (OC)

Mean

Median (Min – Max)

Mean

Median (Min –Max)

Lindane

< LOD

< LOD

0.48

0.54 (0.00 – 0.87)

0.00*

Endrin

< LOD

< LOD

0.91

0.90 (0.88 – 0.96)

0.00*

o.p.DDD

< LOD

< LOD

1.04

0.75 (0.16 – 4.3)

0.00*

p.p.DDE

< LOD

< LOD

0.37

0.28 (0.1 – 0.97)

0.00*

o.p.DDT

< LOD

< LOD

0.20

0.00 (0.01 – 0.61)

0.00*

p.p.DDA

< LOD

< LOD

1.07

1.07 (0.51 – 1.64)

0.00*

Organo-phosphates (OP)

Malathion

0.03

0.03 (0.02 – 0.05)

0.54

0.61 (0.11-1.01)

0.00*

Profenofos

0.03

0.03 (0.03 – 0.04)

0.46

0.47 (0.47 – 0.47)

0.034*

Chlorpyrifos-Methyl

0.02

0.03 (0.01 – 0.04)

0.24

0.00 (0.00 – 0.72)

0.254