Exposure to cholinesterase inhibiting insecticides and blood glucose level in a population of Ugandan smallholder farmers.

"the use of ppe was very low and gumboots was the only type of ppe used by >50% of directly exposed persons10 1136/oemed-2020-106439 supp3 supplementary data 10 1136/oemed-2020-106439 supp4 supplementary data a significant negative trend in ache/hb across project phases was seen with a mean change per phase -0 74 (95% ci -0 85 to -0 63) u/g ( table 2 )."

"Competing interests: None declared."

"Funding: The PEXADU project was supported by the Aarhus University Research foundation (project number 81231) and the National Research Centre for the Working Environment (project number 10322)."

"Ethics approval: The study was conducted in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration and reported following the guidelines in the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology statement. All participants gave informed consent prior to inclusion and were financially compensated for lost earnings on examination days. The project was approved by the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology (registration number HS234ES) and the Higher Degrees Research and Ethics Committee at Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH-HDREC, registration number 577)."