Description of pesticide applicators’ exposure characteristics in Zarcero County, Costa Rica, 2016
| Visit % | Possible scores | n | Minimum | p25 | p50 | p75 | Maximum | rs | |
| Years worked with pesticides | n.a. | n.a. | 221 | 0.00 | 7.00 | 16.00 | 31.00 | 67.00 | n.a. |
| Number of different pesticides used in week prior to study visit | B | n.a. | 221 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 4.00 | 11.00 | 0.65 |
| F | n.a. | 221 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 4.00 | 9.00 | 0.70* | |
| Number of days since last spraying | B | n.a. | 208 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 4.50 | 166.00 | 0.29 |
| F | n.a. | 204 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 8.00 | 210.00 | 0.07* | |
| Application hours in week prior to study visit | B | n.a. | 221 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 4.00 | 9.00 | 48.00 | 0.46 |
| F | n.a. | 221 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 6.00 | 48.00 | 0.54* | |
| PPEEYE | B | 1 to 0.01 | 221 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | |
| F | 140 | 0.01 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.52* | ||
| PPEHAND | B | 1 to 0.08 | 221 | 0.08 | 0.24 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.40 | |
| F | 140 | 0.08 | 0.36 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.64* | ||
| PPEFEET | B | 1 to 0.01 | 221 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.10 | |
| F | 140 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.98* | ||
| PPEMOUTH | B | 1 to 0.01 | 221 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.10 | |
| F | 140 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.55* | ||
| PPEUP-BODY | B | 1 or 0.02 | 221 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.20 | |
| F | 140 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.20 | 0.49* | ||
| PPELEG | B | 1 to 0.01 | 221 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.10 | |
| F | 140 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.10 | 0.40* | ||
| PPE | B | 1 to 0.14 | 221 | 0.14 | 0.48 | 0.64 | 0.70 | 1.00 | |
| F | 140 | 0.13 | 0.43 | 0.58 | 0.65 | 0.78 | 0.71* | ||
| SHOWER | B | 1 to 0.7 | 221 | 0.70 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.90 | 1.00 | n.a. |
| CHANGE | B | 1 to 0.7 | 221 | 0.70 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.90 | 1.00 | n.a. |
| EXPOSUREINTENSITY | B | 13 to 0.89 | 221 | 1.04 | 4.44 | 6.65 | 9.33 | 14.58 | |
| 140 | 0.63 | 3.30 | 4.68 | 6.16 | 8.16 | 0.83* | |||
| EXPOSUREWEEK | B | n.a. | 221 | 0.00 | 5.53 | 26.73 | 58.06 | 311.04 | 0.46 |
| F | n.a. | 221 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.83 | 34.10 | 419.90 | 0.56* |
Follow-up scores only estimated for applicators who applied pesticides in the week before the visit.
Applicators who did not apply in the week before the baseline or follow-up visit were set to 0.
rs, Pearson rank correlation coefficients for baseline and follow-up visit estimates.
p25, p50, p75: percentiles
*Analysis done for the 122 applicators who applied pesticides at the baseline and follow-up visit.
B, baseline visit; F, follow-up visit; n.a., not applicable; PPE, personal protective equipment.