Odds of current rhinitis associated with use of 34 pesticides among 2245 commercial pesticide applicators in the Agricultural Health Study
| Current rhinitis(n = 1664),n (% exposed) | No current rhinitis(n = 581),n (% exposed) | OR* (95% CI) | |
| Herbicides | |||
| 2,4-D | 750 (45) | 217 (37) | 1.34 (1.09 to 1.64) |
| Alachlor | 316 (19) | 90 (16) | 1.26 (0.96 to 1.64) |
| Atrazine | 450 (27) | 145 (25) | 1.09 (0.86 to 1.36) |
| Butylate | 69 (4) | 19 (3) | 1.30 (0.76 to 2.22) |
| Chlorimuron-ethyl | 410 (25) | 124 (21) | 1.18 (0.93 to 1.50) |
| Cyanazine | 364 (22) | 124 (22) | 1.04 (0.81 to 1.32) |
| Dicamba | 568 (35) | 165 (29) | 1.18 (0.95 to 1.47) |
| EPTC | 231 (14) | 71 (13) | 1.17 (0.87 to 1.58) |
| Glyphosate | 869 (52) | 252 (44) | 1.32 (1.08 to 1.61) |
| Imazethapyr | 449 (28) | 152 (27) | 1.05 (0.84 to 1.32) |
| Metolachlor | 434 (27) | 145 (26) | 1.05 (0.83 to 1.32) |
| Metribuzin | 270 (16) | 80 (14) | 1.17 (0.89 to 1.55) |
| Paraquat | 117 (7) | 31 (5) | 1.32 (0.86 to 2.01) |
| Pendimethalin | 453 (27) | 125 (22) | 1.25 (0.99 to 1.59) |
| Petroleum oil | 243 (15) | 50 (9) | 1.74 (1.25 to 2.42) |
| Trifluralin | 398 (25) | 124 (22) | 1.14 (0.90 to 1.45) |
| Insecticides | |||
| Organophosphates | |||
| Chlorpyrifos | 259 (16) | 70 (12) | 1.29 (0.96 to 1.73) |
| Diazinon | 185 (11) | 31 (5) | 1.84 (1.23 to 2.75) |
| Fonofos | 63 (4) | 27 (5) | 0.80 (0.49 to 1.29) |
| Malathion | 288 (17) | 78 (14) | 1.28 (0.96 to 1.69) |
| Phorate | 62 (4) | 14 (2) | 1.74 (0.95 to 3.20) |
| Terbufos | 111 (7) | 31 (6) | 1.26 (0.82 to 1.92) |
| Trichlorfon | 54 (3) | 8 (1) | 2.01 (0.93 to 4.35) |
| Carbamates | |||
| Carbaryl | 192 (12) | 47 (8) | 1.29 (0.91 to 1.82) |
| Carbofuran | 77 (5) | 39 (7) | 0.65 (0.43 to 0.98) |
| Pyrethroids | |||
| Permethrin (crops) | 206 (13) | 63 (11) | 1.08 (0.79 to 1.47) |
| Permethrin (animals) | 47 (3) | 8 (1) | 1.91 (0.88 to 4.13) |
| Fungicides | |||
| Benomyl | 67 (4) | 8 (1) | 2.35 (1.11 to 4.98) |
| Captan | 44 (3) | 10 (2) | 1.23 (0.60 to 2.51) |
| Chlorothalonil | 110 (7) | 26 (5) | 1.33 (0.84 to 2.09) |
| Maneb/Macozeb | 33 (2) | 7 (1) | 1.09 (0.47 to 2.52) |
| Metalaxyl | 68 (4) | 15 (3) | 1.30 (0.72 to 2.33) |
| Fumigants | |||
| Aluminium phosphide | 102 (6) | 23 (4) | 1.60 (0.99 to 2.57) |
| Methyl bromide | 20 (1) | 6 (1) | 1.04 (0.40 to 2.66) |
*Odds ratios were adjusted for age, education status and growing up on a farm relative to the reference category of no use of an individual pesticide in the past year.