Chronic effects of paraquat on the lung
Paraquat intoxication (Colombia) (01.01.03)
International Development Research Center (IDRC), Paraquat intoxication (Colombia), Ottawa, Canada 2003
A follow-up study was carried out in the same area as an earlier study by Arroyave (1990) (see below). It included 1’157 children who had a family member who used paraquat. The exposure to paraquat was associated with the incidence of chest cold and the relative risk was almost three times higher in the group of children with a high level of paraquat expo-sure, and was increased by a factor two or more for the groups with a low and moderate level of exposure, even after confounding factors were taken into account. The odds ratios for chest cold (and 95% confidence levels) were 2.01 (1.10, 3.67) at the low level, 2.2 (1.13, 4.27) at the moderate level, and 2.85 (1.41, 5.75) (high level of exposure).
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A follow-up study was carried out in the same area as an earlier study by Arroyave (1990) (see below). It included 1’157 children who had a family member who used paraquat. The exposure to paraquat was associated with the incidence of chest cold and the relative risk was almost three times higher in the group of children with a high level of paraquat expo-sure, and was increased by a factor two or more for the groups with a low and moderate level of exposure, even after confounding factors were taken into account. The odds ratios for chest cold (and 95% confidence levels) were 2.01 (1.10, 3.67) at the low level, 2.2 (1.13, 4.27) at the moderate level, and 2.85 (1.41, 5.75) (high level of exposure).
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