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 |