Evaluation of the Effects of Agro Pesticides Use on Liver and Kidney Function in Farmers from Buea, Cameroon

Table 1

General characteristics of the study population.

Parameter	Reference group	Pesticide user	Total	value
Sample size	32	58	90
Age	33.4 ± 7.4	34.7 ± 6.0	/	0.3454 (-test)
Education level
Has not been to school	2 (6.3%)	1(1.7%)	3 (3.3%)	(Chi-squared test)
Primary school	2(6.3%)	35 (60.3%)	37 (41.1%)
Secondary school	5(15.6%)	14 (24.1%)	19 (21.1%)
University	23(71.9%)	8(13.8%)	31(34.4%)
Smoking cigarettes
Yes	9 (28.1%)	6 (10.3%)	15 (16.7%)	(Fisher’s exact test)
No	23 (71.9%)	52 (89.7%)	75 (83.3%)
Coffee
Yes	23 (71.9%)	46 (79.3%)	69 (76.7%)	(Fisher’s exact test)
No	9 (28.1%)	12 (20.7%)	21 (23.3%)
Alcohol consumption
Yes	29 (90.6%)	51 (87.9%)	80 (88.9%)	(Fisher’s exact test)
No	3 (9.4%)	7 (12.1%)	10 (11.1%)