Biomonitoring with Micronuclei Test in Buccal Cells of Female Farmers and Children Exposed to Pesticides of Maneadero Agricultural Valley, Baja California, Mexico

Table 2

Social and demographic characteristics of farmers from the Maneadero valley and unexposed women.

		Farmers ()	Unexposed ()
		%	%
Indigenous language	Yes	27	24
	Not	73	76
Education	None	58	5
	Basic	23	19
	Middle	4	14
	Higher	15	62
Daily income	MXP	$115.5	$189.5
Time of residence in sampled locations	1 to 5 years	30	36
	6 to 10 years	5	9
	10 or more years	61	55
Years of exposition to pesticides	1 to 5 years	51	NA
	6 to 10 years	22
	10 to 25 years	27
Smoke	Yes	6	0
	Not	94	100
Alcohol	Yes	6	9
	Not	94	91
Fruit intake (per week)		3.00 ± 2.27	5.09 ± 1.30
Vegetable intake (per week)		2.63 ± 2.67	5.18 ± 1.94
Additional supplements (vitamins)	Yes	24	0
	Not	15	100
	Unanswered	3	—

MXP: Mexican pesos; NA: nonapplicable.