Biomonitoring with Micronuclei Test in Buccal Cells of Female Farmers and Children Exposed to Pesticides of Maneadero Agricultural Valley, Baja California, Mexico
Table 4
Risk factors that could increase MNc frequency in farmers ().
Variable
Samples
>5 MNc
<5 MNc
OR (CI 95%)
value
(%)
(%)
(%)
Alcohol consumption and tobacco use
5 (14)
3 (8)
2 (5)
5.36 (0.74–38.70)
0.1102
Living in close proximity to fields (<400 m2)
21 (57)
7 (19)
14 (38)
2.17 (0.46–10.20)
0.4613
Time of exposition to pesticides (>5 years)
18 (49)
5 (14)
13 (34)
1.07 (0.25–4.59)
1.000
Age (>35 years of age)
11 (30)
5 (14)
6 (16)
3.50 (0.75–16.27)
0.1249
MNc: micronucleated cells, CI: confidence interval. Fisher’s exact test (two-sided); a value < 0.05 would have been considered significant.
