Table 7 Acute symptoms in exposed female and male workers in food processing industries
Group | Sex | N | Cough % | Dyspnea % | Throat | Eye irritation % | Nose | Headache % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | irritation % | dryness % | Â | secretion % | dryness % | bleeding % | Â |
Coffee | F | 82 | 37.8 | 43.9 | 45.1 | 34.1 | 63.4 | 29.3 | 36.6 | 31.7 | 39.0 |
| Â | M | 21 | 57.1 | 52.4 | 61.9 | 42.9 | 47.6 | 52.4 | 61.9 | 33.3 | 47.6 |
Tea | F | 100 | 58.7 | 42.4 | 56.5 | 27.2 | 30.4 | 25.0 | 47.8 | 40.2 | 28.3 |
| Â | M | 32 | 50.6 | 40.2 | 50.5 | 20.3 | 29.5 | 15.0 | 39.8 | 20.1 | 18.4 |
Spices | F | 92 | 58.7 | 42.4 | 56.5 | 27.2 | 30.4 | 25.0 | 47.8 | 40.2 | 28.3 |
| Â | M | 20 | 50.1 | 45.2 | 57.6 | 20.2 | 29.4 | 20.1 | 40.5 | 30.2 | 20.4 |
Soy | F | 31 | 48.5 | 40.4 | 39.5 | 20.7 | 28.9 | 24.2 | 39.1 | 10.5 | 11.4 |
| Â | M | 29 | 55.6 | 48.2 | 44.4 | 40.7 | 44.4 | 33.3 | 40.7 | 13.8 | 25.9 |
Animal Food | F | 35 | 50.1 | 39.5 | 36.5 | 41.2 | 38.9 | 10.5 | 41.5 | 10.2 | 36.8 |
| Â | M | 71 | 53.5 | 47.9 | 46.5 | 54.9 | 53.5 | 8.5 | 53.5 | 9.9 | 32.4 |
Dried fruits | F | 54 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 25.9 | 29.6 | 35.7 | 12.9 | 25.9 | 25.9 | 38.9 |
| Â | M | 29 | 30.5 | 33.7 | 20.1 | 25.2 | 30.5 | 10.7 | 20.8 | 20.8 | 18.9 |
Confectionary | F | 259 | 25.5 | 41.0 | 38.5 | 60.3 | 51.3 | 14.1 | 47.4 | 20.5 | 46.2 |
| Â | M | 29 | 44.8 | 51.7 | 20.7 | 58.6 | 52.6 | 34.5 | 17.2 | 10.3 | 41.4 |
Cocoa & flour | F | 93 | 54.2 | 34.5 | 43.0 | 49.2 | 52.4 | 27.1 | 46.1 | 17.2 | 29.2 |
| Â | M | 28 | 55.1 | 36.4 | 40.0 | 39.1 | 48.1 | 20.2 | 40.2 | 15.1 | 19.3 |
All food processing workers | F | 746 | 45.8 | 39.7 | 42.7 | 36.2 | 41.4 | 21.0 | 41.5 | 24.5 | 32.3 |
| Â | M | 259 | 39.7 | 44.5 | 42.7 | 37.7 | 42.0 | 24.3 | 39.3 | 19.2 | 28.0 |