| Pesticides+ |
Rural group
(n=145) |
Urban group
(n= 45) |
P-value* |
Chloroacetanilide
Pretilachlor |
63.3 ± 402.1 |
26. 2 ± 86.4 |
NS |
| Organochlorine |
|
|
|
| DDT |
731.6 ± 4667.1 |
78.7 ± 186.7 |
NS |
| Lindane |
101.7 ± 285.2 |
36.8 ± 97.9 |
< 0.05 |
| Organophosphate |
|
|
|
| Chlorpyrifos |
118.8 ± 276.1 |
64.8 ± 234.4 |
NS |
| Diazinon |
290.8 ± 1239.3 |
98.0 ± 267.2 |
NS |
| Malathion |
419.8 ± 662.0 |
158.5 ± 519.3 |
< 0.001 |
| Pyrethroid |
|
|
|
| Bioallethrin |
30.9 ± 172.5 |
18.3 ± 70.6 2 |
NS |
| β- Cyfluthrin |
125.8 ± 4863.4 |
104.7 ± 5567.3 |
NS |
| α- Cypermethrin |
315.4 ± 691.1 |
209.7 ± 778.3 |
NS |
+Mean ± SD
*Mann-Whitney non-parametric test was used to compare the mean difference
between the two groups |
