Pesticide exposure and suicidal ideation in rural communities in Zhejiang province, China
Jianmin Zhang, Robert Stewart, Michael Phillips, Qichang Shi & Martin Prince
Volume 87, Number 10, October 2009, 745-753
Table 4. Associations between pesticide storage at home and suicidal ideation in the 2 years prior to the study in three rural strata corresponding to mountain, coastal and plains regions, Zhejiang province, China, 2001
| Rural stratum | No. of respondents | Percentage with suicidal ideation | Association between pesticide storage and suicidal ideation in prior 2 years |
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| Adjusted for design effects and clustering |
Adjusted for design effects, clustering and other covariatesa |
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| OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | |||||
| Mountain region (n = 4621) | ||||||
| No pesticide storage at home | 1817 | 2.02 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Pesticide storage at home | 2804 | 2.43 | 1.21 (0.79–1.86) | 1.07 (0.69–1.65) | ||
| Coastal region (n = 1835) | ||||||
| No pesticide storage at home | 1462 | 0.52 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Pesticide storage at home | 374 | 0.74 | 1.44 (0.40–5.15) | 1.13 (0.32–3.92) | ||
| Plains region (n = 2703) | ||||||
| No pesticide storage at home | 941 | 0.81 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Pesticide storage at home | 1763 | 2.98 | 3.76 (1.69–8.34) | 3.38 (1.49–7.66) | ||
CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.
a The other covariates were gender, age, education duration, annual income, marital status, physical health, family history of suicidal behaviour and General Health Questionnaire caseness.