Association of Pesticide Exposure with Cognitive Function in Farmers

Setyopranoto, Ismail and Gofir, Abdul and Rahardjo, Laxmiprita Pusparani and Panggabean, Andre Stefanus and Dwianingsih, Ery Kus and Setyaningsih, Indarwati and Setyaningrum, Cempaka Thursina Srie and Sutarni, Sri and Malueka, Rusdy Ghazali (2023) Association of Pesticide Exposure with Cognitive Function in Farmers. European Neurology, 86 (5). 305 -314. ISSN 00143022

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Abstract

Introduction: Organophosphate and carbamate are two types of pesticides that can induce cholinesterase suppression in humans. These lead to poisoning symptoms including muscle paralysis and respiratory depression in acute settings. In chronic settings, the mechanism of organophosphate and carbamate poisoning is still openly discussed. Accordingly, this study aimed to identify any correlations between erythrocyte cholinesterase and type of pesticides with cognitive performance of the subjects. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in two sampling periods (July 2017 and October 2018) in Ngablak Districts, Magelang Regency, Central Java, Indonesia. The study subjects were farmers with history of pesticide exposure. Cholinesterase levels (ChE) were analyzed from blood samples. Cognitive performance was assessed using the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) and Stroop Test. Results: In total, 151 subjects aged between 23 and 91 years old were included. The long-term organophosphate exposure group had significantly lower MMSE scores compared with other types of pesticides, but not in carbamate (p = 0.017). After comparing "organophosphate only"and "carbamate only"groups, there were significant differences in MMSE scores (p = 0.018) but not in blood ChE levels (p = 0.286). Detailed assessment in MMSE domains showed significantly lower scores for orientation, attention, and registration domains (p < 0.05) in the organophosphate group. There were no significant associations between types of pesticides and blood ChE levels with the Stroop Test results (p > 0.05). Conclusions: Long-term organophosphate exposure could produce lower cognitive function and the insignificant association between blood ChE levels to MMSE could lead to non-cholinergic pathways as its underlying pathology. © 2023 S. Karger AG. All rights reserved.

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Uncontrolled Keywords: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Carbamates; Cholinesterases; Cognition; Cross-Sectional Studies; Farmers; Humans; Middle Aged; Occupational Exposure; Organophosphates; Pesticides; Young Adult; carbamic acid; chlorpyrifos; cholinesterase; organophosphate; pesticide; organophosphate; pesticide; adult; aged; agricultural worker; Article; blood sampling; cognition; cognitive defect; cross-sectional study; executive function; female; human; human experiment; male; Mini Mental State Examination; questionnaire; Stroop test; agricultural worker; cognition; middle aged; occupational exposure; very elderly; young adult
Subjects: R Medicine > RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing > Public Health and Nutrition
Depositing User: Mukhotib Mukhotib
Date Deposited: 26 Aug 2024 01:54
Last Modified: 26 Aug 2024 01:54
URI: https://ir.lib.ugm.ac.id/id/eprint/3566

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