History of Pesticide Exposure as a Risk Factor for Spontaneous Abortion in Female Farmers in Bandungan District, Semarang Regency

Abstract

Preeclampsia is a collection of symptoms that occur in pregnant women characterized by the onset of hypertension accompanied by proteinuria and edema in pregnancy after the age of 20 weeks or immediately after childbirth. About 50,000 women per year worldwide died of preeclampsia. Some studies report that women who are exposed to pesticides or work in the agriculture sector have a risk of preeclampsia. The study used case-control, involving 30 case group respondents and 30 control group respondents in Bandungan district. The variables studied were a history of pesticide exposure (pesticide exposure level, pesticide type used, number of pesticide groups used, pesticide storage and farmer farming activity) with preeclampsia incidence. Analysis using the chi-square test. The results showed an association between the number of pesticide groups (p= 0,020), pesticide-type variables (p= 0,010) and pesticide storage variables (p= 0,006). The results of multivariate analysis with logistic regression analysis and variable of pesticide exposure are more dominant in the incidence of preeclampsia is storing of pesticide (p=0,049 OR = 3,640 CI 95% = 1.007-13.159)