Table 3

Prevalence of abnormal scores (T scores ≥63) for psychological distress assessed with the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) by exposure categories of poisoned banana workers according to type of cholinesterase inhibitor, and adjusted ORs comparing poisoned to never poisoned banana workers

BSI dimensions	Referents, N=130		All poisoned, N=78			Organophosphate poisoned, N=54			Carbamate poisoned, N=24
BSI dimensions	Prevalence T score ≥63, n (%)	OR	Prevalence T score ≥63, n (%)	OR^*	95% CI	Prevalence T score ≥63, n (%)	OR^*	95% CI	Prevalence T score ≥63, n (%)	OR^*	95% CI
Somatisation	46 (35.4)	1.00	46 (61.5)	2.92	1.64 to 5.22	34 (63.0)	3.10	1.61 to 6.00	14 (58.3)	2.56	1.05 to 6.21
Obsessive-compulsiveness	38 (29.2)	1.00	38 (48.7)	2.54	1.39 to 4.62	29 (53.7)	3.18	1.61 to 6.24	9 (37.5)	1.58	0.63 to 3.97
Interpersonal sensitivity	28 (21.5)	1.00	28 (35.9)	2.04	1.09 to 3.82	24 (44.4)	2.91	1.48 to 5.76	4 (16.7)	0.73	0.23 to 2.31
Depression	38 (29.2)	1.00	36 (46.2)	2.08	1.16 to 3.72	27 (50.0)	2.42	1.26 to 4.66	9 (37.5)	1.45	0.59 to 3.60
Anxiety	36 (27.7)	1.00	35 (34.9)	1.85	1.01 to 3.42	27 (50.0)	2.24	1.14 to 4.41	8 (33.3)	1.41	0.54 to 3.54
Hostility	25 (19.2)	1.00	25 (32.1)	1.98	1.04 to 3.78	19 (35.2)	2.28	1.12 to 4.63	6 (25.0)	1.50	0.53 to 4.23
Phobia	54 (41.5)	1.00	40 (51.3)	1.48	0.84 to 2.61	31 (57.4)	1.90	1.00 to 3.61	9 (37.5)	0.84	0.34 to 2.07
Paranoid ideation	33 (25.4)	1.00	25 (32.1)	1.36	0.72 to 2.54	18 (33.3)	1.44	0.71 to 2.92	7 (29.2)	1.21	0.46 to 3.18
Psychoticism	56 (43.1)	1.00	39 (50.0)	1.32	0.75 to 2.32	32 (59.3)	2.19	1.12 to 4.30	7 (29.2)	0.54	0.21 to 1.40
General severity index	42 (32.3)	1.00	43 (55.1)	2.57	1.44 to 4.59	34 (63.0)	3.56	1.84 to 6.92	9 (37.5)	1.26	0.51 to 3.11

↵* Adjusted for age, education, recent and cumulative exposure, alcohol, head injury, time of day of examination and examiner.