Research Article
Organochlorine Pesticide Levels and Risk of Parkinson’s Disease in North Indian Population
Table 1
Presence of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in Parkinson’s disease (PD) and control subjects.
| | OCPs | Controls () | Parkinson’s disease () | | Detected in controls (%) | Detectable range in ng/mL | 25% | 50% | 75% | Detected in Patients (%) | Detectable range in ng/mL | 25% | 50% | 75% |
| | -HCH | 13 (17.33) | 0.67–2.7 | 1.0 | 1.42 | 1.75 | 37 (52.86)* | 1.5–23.6 | 2.97 | 4.29 | 7.18 | | Dieldrin | 7 (9.33) | 0.96–4.2 | 0.98 | 1.1 | 2.04 | 43 (61.43)* | 2.1–28.63 | 4.91 | 9.41 | 17.24 | | -DDE | 17 (22.66) | 0.67–10.6 | 1.2 | 3.75 | 4.71 | 28 (40.0)* | 1.4–12.5 | 3.59 | 4.35 | 6.5 | | -HCH | 3 (4.0) | 1.3–1.45 | 1.37 | 1.45 | 1.45 | 16 (22.8) | 1.3–12.6 | 1.99 | 3.11 | 3.78 | | -HCH | 4 (5.33) | 0.42–2.69 | 0.93 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 8 (11.4) | 0.9–4.8 | 1.45 | 1.82 | 3.83 | | Aldrin | 4 (5.33) | 1.23–2.19 | 1.23 | 1.71 | 2.19 | 8 (11.4) | 1.4–6.8 | 1.8 | 3.45 | 4.72 | | -endosulfan | 5 (6.67) | 0.62–1.99 | 0.62 | 0.98 | 1.2 | 7 (10.0) | 0.9–4.2 | 1.2 | 1.49 | 2.0 | | -endosulfan | 3 (4.0) | 0.12–1.7 | 0.91 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 4 (5.7) | 1.6–4.2 | 1.6 | 2.25 | 3.23 | | pp
′-DDT | 5 (6.67) | 0.99–3.8 | 0.99 | 1.4 | 3.8 | 11 (15.7) | 1.2–10.0 | 1.65 | 4.0 | 6.83 |
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OCPs which are present in ≥40% subjects of PD patients.
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