Table 2

Descriptive parameters of the Brief Symptoms Inventory (BSI) dimensions among banana workers

BSI dimensions	Referents, N=130			Organophosphate poisoned, N=54			Carbamate poisoned, N=24			1 Poisoning, N=43			≥2 Poisonings, N=35
BSI dimensions	Median	Min–Max	Inter-quartile range	Median	Min–Max	Interquartile range	Median	Min–Max	Interquartile range	Median	Min–Max	Interquartile range	Median	Min–Max	Interquartile range
Somatisation	0.29	0–3.29	0.86	1.00	0–3.29	2.03	0.79	0–2.71	1.14	0.86	0–3.00	1.57	1.00	0–3.29	1.86
Obsessive-compulsiveness	0.50	0–3.50	0.83	1.00	0–3.83	1.92	0.50	0–2.50	1.63	0.83	0–3.83	1.33	1.33	0–3.50	2.16
Interpersonal sensitivity	0.25	0–3.25	0.75	0.75	0–3.75	1.56	0.13	0–2.50	1.50	0.50	0–3.75	1.00	0.50	0–3.00	1.75
Depression	0.17	0–2.67	0.67	0.59	0–3.67	1.27	0.33	0–1.83	0.96	0.33	0–3.67	1.00	0.83	0–3.00	1.50
Anxiety	0.33	0–2.33	0.83	0.75	0–3.67	1.21	0.33	0–2.33	1.42	0.40	0–3.40	1.00	0.67	0–3.67	1.50
Hostility	0.20	0–3.00	0.65	0.69	0–3.40	0.85	0.20	0–3.00	0.95	0.40	0–3.40	0.80	0.60	0–3.00	1.00
Phobia	0.20	0–2.60	0.60	0.40	0–4.00	0.80	0	0–3.40	0.60	0.40	0–3.60	1.00	0.20	0–4.00	1.20
Paranoia	0.20	0–3.00	0.99	0.60	0–3.80	1.05	0	0–2.20	1.00	0	0–3.80	0.80	0.60	0–3.60	1.60
Psychoticism	0.25	0–2.75	0.75	0.50	0–3.25	1.06	0	0–2.50	0.69	0.25	0–3.00	0.75	0.50	0–3.25	1.25
General severity index	0.37	0–2.31	0.61	0.86	0–3.31	1.09	0.34	0–2.38	0.84	0.71	0–3.31	0.87	0.96	0.13–3.25	1.11

Median, minimum and maximum values and IQR are shown according to type of cholinesterase inhibitor causing the poisoning and whether there were single or multiple poisonings.