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Table 5 Odds ratios of women v. men for developing chronic symptoms

From: Gender and respiratory findings in workers occupationally exposed to organic aerosols: A meta analysis of 12 cross-sectional studies

 

Food Processing

Textile Industry

Farming Industry

Chronic Symptoms

Odds Ratio

Confidence Interval

Odds Ratio

Confidence Interval

Odds Ratio

Confidence Interval

Chronic Cough

0.50

0.36 – 0.69+

0.35

0.23 – 0.52+

0.39

0.26 – 0.57+

Chronic Phlegm

0.31

0.22 – 0.44+

0.32

0.21 – 0.49+

0.38

0.25 – 0.58+

Chronic Bronchitis

0.33

0.22 – 0.49+

0.27

0.17 – 0.43+

0.30

0.18 – 0.49+

Occupational Asthma

1.69

0.53 – 2.86

1.05

0.41 – 2.65

1.72

0.86–2.58

Dyspnea 3 & 4

1.07

0.72 – 1.58

0.80

0.51 – 1.26

*

*

Sinusitis

1.18

0.79 – 1.75

1.13

0.64 – 1.62

1.03

0.70 – 1.51

Nasal Catarrh

1.04

0.74 – 1.47

1.41

0.89 – 2.25

1.30

0.92 – 1.84

  1. * Not homogeneous, cannot combine odds ratios across industries.
  2. + Significant odds ratios.
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