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Table 4 Pesticide residues in urine of CKDu cases ( n = 57)

From: Chronic kidney disease of uncertain aetiology: prevalence and causative factors in a developing country

Parent compound

Biomarker

Reference limit (μg/l)

CKDu cases (μg/l), (minimum, maximum)

CKDu cases above reference limit (%)

2,4-D

2,4-D

<0.3

0.5, 0.62

3.5

Pentachlorophenol

Pentachlorophenol

<2

0.3, 2.2

1.7

Chlorpyrifos

3,5,6-trichloropyridinol

<11.3

0.5, 34.7

10.5

Parathion

p-nitrophenol

<25

0.5, 8.88

0

Carbaryl naphthalene

1-naphthol

<19.7

0.5, 45.1

10.5

Naphthalene

2-naphthol,

<17.1

0.94, 47.88

10.5

Glyphosate

Glyphosate

<2

0.075, 3.36

3.5

Glyphosate

AMPA

<0.5

0.075, 2.65

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