Table 3 Relationships between asthma, and bronchitis symptoms and longest held occupation in a particular industry adjusted for age, sex, smoking and SES expressed as Odds Ratios (OR) with 95% confidence interval in parenthesis (95% CI) ¹.

Agriculture, forestry, fishing

0.24 (0.07 – 2.38)

0.58 (0.14 – 2.43)

Construction

1.27 (0.28 – 5.81)

3.38 (1.02 – 11.27)*

Paper and wood

1.01 (0.28 – 3.67)

0.78 (0.24 – 2.57)

Glass, clay and stone

NC

NC

Metal

2.95 (0.77 – 11.23)^#

3.17 (0.98 – 10.28)^#

Machinery

0.99 (0.25 – 3.94)

1.58 (0.52 – 4.86)

Shipbuilding, motor vehicles, aircraft and other transportation methods

0.45 (0.08 – 2.53)

0.70 (0.20 – 2.40)

Food and tobacco

0.79 (0.24 – 2.55)

1.08 (0.41 – 2.84)

Textiles

0.51 (0.14 – 1.78)

1.02 (0.40 – 2.60)

Chemicals, drugs and paints

0.41 (0.04 – 4.03)

0.57 (0.12 – 2.64)

Rubber, plastics and synthetics

4.44 (0.69 – 28.59)

6.52 (1.26 – 53.80)*

Fuel

1.01 (0.08 – 13.19)

1.11 (0.14 – 9.07)

Leather

1.08 (0.17 – 7.04)

0.51 (0.08 – 3.35)

Medicine and science

0.81 (0.31 – 2.08)

0.73 (0.35 – 1.52)

Entertainment and recreation

0.82 (0.16 – 4.25)

1.26 (0.32 – 4.96)

Printing

1.30 (0.15 – 11.32)

3.96 (0.85 – 18.48) ^#