Blood cholinesterase concentration and neurobehavioral performance of primary schoolchildren at Tanjung Karang, Malaysia
Background: Organophosphate pesticide is widely used to protect plants from pest are numerously used in agricultural activity. However, organophosphate also found to cause harm on human such as impaired neurobehavioral performance after prolonged chronic exposure. Objective: This study was aim was t...
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| description | Background: Organophosphate pesticide is widely used to protect plants from pest are numerously used in agricultural activity. However, organophosphate also found to cause harm on human such as impaired neurobehavioral performance after prolonged chronic exposure. Objective: This study was aim was to determine the cholinesterase level and the relationship with neurobehavioral performance. Results: Result showed a significant difference in blood cholinesterase concentrations between the exposed and unexposed group (χ2=39.822, p=<0.001). The total score of NCTB test showed that the exposed group (351.08) score was significantly lower than the unexposed group (365.93). Reaction Time Test showed significant difference between the exposed and unexposed group. There was also significant relationship between blood cholinesterase concentration and Pursuit Aiming Test (p<0.001). Housing area (p=0.017), total household income (p=0.011), father's occupation (p=0.012) and mother's occupation (p=0.001) were confounders which have influenced the blood cholinesterase concentrations. Conclusion: Blood cholinesterase have significantly influenced the Pursuit Aiming Test scores which reflected on the impairment of motor steadiness. |
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| spelling | upm-439612022-03-14T04:23:50Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/43961/ Blood cholinesterase concentration and neurobehavioral performance of primary schoolchildren at Tanjung Karang, Malaysia Lokhman, Nur Naqibah Hashim, Zailina How, Vivien Chokeli, Raihanah Background: Organophosphate pesticide is widely used to protect plants from pest are numerously used in agricultural activity. However, organophosphate also found to cause harm on human such as impaired neurobehavioral performance after prolonged chronic exposure. Objective: This study was aim was to determine the cholinesterase level and the relationship with neurobehavioral performance. Results: Result showed a significant difference in blood cholinesterase concentrations between the exposed and unexposed group (χ2=39.822, p=<0.001). The total score of NCTB test showed that the exposed group (351.08) score was significantly lower than the unexposed group (365.93). Reaction Time Test showed significant difference between the exposed and unexposed group. There was also significant relationship between blood cholinesterase concentration and Pursuit Aiming Test (p<0.001). Housing area (p=0.017), total household income (p=0.011), father's occupation (p=0.012) and mother's occupation (p=0.001) were confounders which have influenced the blood cholinesterase concentrations. Conclusion: Blood cholinesterase have significantly influenced the Pursuit Aiming Test scores which reflected on the impairment of motor steadiness. American-Eurasian Network for Scientific Information 2015 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/43961/1/Blood%20cholinesterase%20concentration%20and%20neurobehavioral%20performance%20of%20primary%20schoolchildren%20at%20Tanjung%20Karang%2C%20Malaysia.pdf Lokhman, Nur Naqibah and Hashim, Zailina and How, Vivien and Chokeli, Raihanah (2015) Blood cholinesterase concentration and neurobehavioral performance of primary schoolchildren at Tanjung Karang, Malaysia. Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 9 (22). pp. 63-70. ISSN 1991-8178; ESSN: 2309-8414 http://www.ajbasweb.com/old/ajbas_Special-IPN-LANGKAWI%20(June)_2015.html |
| spellingShingle | Lokhman, Nur Naqibah Hashim, Zailina How, Vivien Chokeli, Raihanah Blood cholinesterase concentration and neurobehavioral performance of primary schoolchildren at Tanjung Karang, Malaysia |
| title | Blood cholinesterase concentration and neurobehavioral performance of primary schoolchildren at Tanjung Karang, Malaysia |
| title_full | Blood cholinesterase concentration and neurobehavioral performance of primary schoolchildren at Tanjung Karang, Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Blood cholinesterase concentration and neurobehavioral performance of primary schoolchildren at Tanjung Karang, Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Blood cholinesterase concentration and neurobehavioral performance of primary schoolchildren at Tanjung Karang, Malaysia |
| title_short | Blood cholinesterase concentration and neurobehavioral performance of primary schoolchildren at Tanjung Karang, Malaysia |
| title_sort | blood cholinesterase concentration and neurobehavioral performance of primary schoolchildren at tanjung karang, malaysia |
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