Research Article
The Scenario of Acute Poisoning in Jashore, Bangladesh
Table 3
Types of poisoning according to sex (n = 487).
| | Types of poisoning agent | Male, n (%) | Female, n (%) | Total, n (%) | value |
| | Organophosphorus compound (OPC) | 163 (33.5) | 159 (32.6) | 322 (66.1) | 0.029s (chi-square) | | Sedatives | 9 (1.8) | 17 (3.5) | 26 (5.3) | | Rat killer | 18 (3.7) | 16 (3.3) | 34 (7.0) | | Kerosene | 8 (1.6) | 12 (2.5) | 20 (4.1) | | CuSO4 | 12 (2.5) | 18 (3.7) | 30 (6.2) | | Harpic/phenol | 7 (1.4) | 22 (4.5) | 29 (6.0) | | Alcohol | 7 (1.4) | 6 (1.2) | 13 (2.7) | | Travel-related poisoning | 7 (1.4) | 1 (0.2) | 8 (1.6) | | Paracetamol | 1 (0.2) | 2 (0.4) | 3 (0.6) | | Antidepressant/antipsychotic | 2 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.4) |
| | Total | 234 (48.0) | 253 (52.0) | 487 (100.0) | |
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s: statistically significant (p value: ≤ 0.05)
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