Table 3 Frequencies of medical conditions and of symptoms, per 1000 person-years, after the first tour at the index post, for those conditions with statistically significant differences between employees serving in Moscow and in the comparison group
Source of data | Conditions | Moscow | Â | Comparison | Â | Ratio of SMBRs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | SMBR | Number | SMBR | P value | added | ||
Medical records: | |||||||
| Â | General medical conditions: no significant differences in 15 conditions in males, and 18 in females | ||||||
| Â | Diseases or conditions; male employees | ||||||
| Â | Appendicitis | 12 | 0.62 | 38.0 | 1.2 | 0.03 | 0.5 |
| Â | Sleep walking | 1 | 0.3 | 12 | 1.5 | 0.01 | 0.2 |
| Â | Venereal disease | 24 | 1.4 | 15 | 0.67 | 0.02 | 2.1 |
| Â | 67 other conditions: no significant differences | Â | Â | Â | Â | ||
| Â | Diseases or conditions; female employees; 70 conditions: no significant differences | ||||||
| Â | Abnormal evaluations by body system: male employees; 19 body systems: no significant differences | ||||||
| Â | Abnormal evaluations by body system: female employees; 19 body systems: no significant differences | ||||||
| Â | Medical conditions by disease group; male employees | ||||||
| Â | Protozoal intestinal diseases | 21 | 1.7 | 8.0 | 0.48 | 0.001 | 3.5 |
| Â | Benign neoplasms | 119 | 1.2 | 151 | 0.90 | 0.04 | 1.3 |
| Â | Disease of nerves, peripheral ganglia | 32 | 1.3 | 32.0 | 0.30 | 0.05 | 4.3 |
| Â | Pneumonia | 14 | 0.6 | 42 | 1.2 | 0.02 | 0.5 |
| Â | 40 other conditions: no significant differences | ||||||
| Â | Medical conditions by disease group; female employees | ||||||
| Â | Complications of pregnancy | 11 | 1.7 | 9 | 0.67 | 0.04 | 2.5 |
| Â | 43 other conditions: no significant differences | ||||||
Health history questionnaire: | |||||||
| Â | General conditions: male employees | ||||||
| Â | eye problems | 98 | 1.3 | 65 | 0.76 | 0.002 | 1.7 |
| Â | psoriasis | 12 | 1.7 | 3 | 0.37 | 0.009 | 4.6 |
| Â | skin conditions | 63 | 1.2 | 45 | 0.81 | 0.04 | 1.5 |
| Â | 25 other medical conditions: no significant differences | ||||||
| Â | General conditions: female employees | ||||||
| Â | eye problems | 33 | 1.4 | 28 | 0.76 | 0.03 | 1.8 |
| Â | anaemia | 16 | 1.6 | 10 | 0.64 | 0.03 | 2.5 |
| Â | ulcers | 6 | 2.1 | 3 | 0.49 | 0.04 | 4.3 |
| Â | 25 other medical conditions: no significant differences | ||||||
| Â | Symptoms: male employees | ||||||
| Â | depression | 38 | 1.3 | 22 | 0.73 | 0.004 | 1.8 |
| Â | irritability | 40 | 1.3 | 20 | 2.4 | 0.009 | 0.5 |
| Â | difficulty in concentrating | 36 | 1.4 | 12 | 0.52 | 0.001 | 2.7 |
| Â | memory loss | 29 | 1.6 | 11 | 0.50 | 0.008 | 3.2 |
| Â | 16 other symptoms: no significant differences | ||||||
| Â | Symptoms: female employees | ||||||
| Â | difficulty in concentrating | 17 | 1.6 | 9 | 0.58 | 0.02 | 2.8 |
| Â | other symptoms | 13 | 1.8 | 6 | 0.51 | 0.01 | 3.5 |
| Â | 18 other symptoms: no significant differences | ||||||