Pesticides+ Low Birth Weight
(no=26)
Normal Weight
(no=164)
P-value*
Chloroacetanilide
Pretilachlor
  162.8 ± 812.6   32.6 ± 132.0   < 0.01
Organochlorine      
DDT 119.4 ± 5510.8 38.6 ± 83.3 <0.001
Lindane 256.5 ± 333.0 10.8 ± 17.9 <0.001
Organophosphate      
Chlorpyrifos 237.1 ± 470.6 45.2 ± 149.7 < 0.01
Diazinon 773.9 ± 1432.1 16.0 ± 41.8 <0.001
Malathion 100.3 ± 968.0 61.8 ± 223.4 <0.001
Pyrethroid      
Bioallethrin 104.5 ± 293.6 12.4 ± 101.3 <0.001
β- Cyfluthrin 684.7± 799.7 313.2 ± 990.0 NS
α- Cypermethrin 450.9 ± 995.8 190.9 ± 696.2 NS
+Mean ± SD
*Mann-Whitney non-parametric test was used to compare the mean difference between the two groups
Table 5: Comparison of pesticides levels (μg/g) in meconium of low birth weight and normal birth weight groups