1.Organophospahte Pesticide Mixture Exposure: The Relationship With The Motor Coordination Of Children From Paddy Farming Area In Tanjung Karang, Malaysia
Nur Naqibah L ; Zailina H ; Nurul Husna M ; Juliana J ; Kee HF ; KhairulNadiah ZA ; NoorAisyah H
Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine 2017;Special Volume(1):115-122
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			Paddy cultivation is one of the widely planted crop in Malaysia. The growth of agricultural activity leads to the use of 
Organophosphate  pesticide  to  protect  the  crop.    This  study  is  to  determine  the  relationshi
p  between  the  levels  of 
blood cholinesterase with the performance of motor coordination of children living in paddy farming area in Tanjung  
Karang, Selangor.
This cross  sectional
study was conducted among 683 children from four schools in an agricultural 
area. Majority of the children have at a family member worked as farmer and was involved with pesticides. A set of 
questionnaire on the was given to the children to be filled by t
heir parents.  To measure their exposure to pesticide, 
blood cholinesterase levels were measured. Blood samples were taken through finger prick technique and were then 
analysed using LOVIBOND 412870 AF287. The children were administered with motor
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coordina
tion performance test 
using WHO Neurobehavioral Core Test Battery and McCarthy Learning Ability Scale.
Young group children (6
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85 years) 
showed a mean score of 56.66 in motor
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coordination test while older group children (10
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11)= years) scored a mean  of 
45
.37. There was a significant relationship between blood cholinesterase level and motor coordination performance 
among  the  young
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group  children  (r=0.215,  p<0.001)  and  the  older
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group  children  (r=0.106,  p=0.049).  Based  on  the 
Linear  Regression  test  results, 
total  household  income  of  family,  and  mode  of  transport  used  were  found  to  have 
significant relationship with blood cholinesterase level of children in both groups. In addition, blood cholinesterase 
level and mothers’ occupation were found to have signific
ant relationship with the motor
-
coordination performance 
of all children.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
            
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