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Table 2 Agricultural work-related characteristics of CPF exposed farmers grouped according to the cumulative exposure level

From: Cumulative exposure characteristics of vegetable farmers exposed to Chlorpyrifos in Central Java – Indonesia; a cross-sectional study

Variable

Cumulative Exposure Level

p-value

High (n = 71)

Low (n = 81)

Arable land area (acres)a

0.25 (0.03–0.70)

0.15 (0.01–0.50)

0.001

Number of arable landsa

4 (1–13)

3 (1–9)

0.026

Daily work duration (hours)a

7 (3–10)

6 (3–10)

0.003

Spraying in the morning time (n %)

48 (67.6)

44 (54.3)

0.095cs

Duration of spraying pesticide (hours/day)a

0.57 (0.14–2.00)

0.30 (0.04–2.25)

<  0.001

Volume of the mixture applied (litre/day)a

27.2 (7.0–81.6)

14.6 (2.3–85.0)

<  0.001

Used more than 3 pesticides in mixture (n %)

15 (21.1)

30 (37.0)

0.032cs

Using a manually pressurised sprayer (n %)

13 (18.3)

23 (28.4)

0.145cs

  1. aMedian (minimum-maximum) with p-value by Mann-Whitney test; cs Chi-square