Table 9 Acute respiratory symptoms in exposed female and male farmers
Group | Sex | N | Cough % | Dyspnea % | Throat | Eye irritation % | Nose | Headache % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | irritation % | dryness % | Â | secretion % | dryness % | bleeding % | Â |
Swine | F | 18 | 72.2 | 61.1 | 77.8 | 72.2 | 77.8 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 11.1 | 50.0 |
| Â | M | 41 | 70.7 | 56.1 | 46.3 | 65.9 | 46.3 | 14.6 | 29.3 | 7.3 | 9.8 |
Poultry | F | 91 | 40.2 | 39.5 | 30.2 | 20.5 | 30.2 | 20.5 | 31.2 | 15.2 | 20.3 |
| Â | M | 252 | 39.5 | 37.2 | 30.1 | 24.5 | 35.7 | 27.5 | 30.2 | 17.3 | 15.7 |
Agriculture | F | 76 | 48.5 | 34.5 | 35.0 | 35.5 | 39.5 | 14.5 | 29.5 | 8.1 | 31.0 |
| Â | M | 738 | 30.5 | 26.0 | 24.0 | 28.1 | 33.4 | 9.0 | 22.2 | 34.1 | 17.0 |
Livestock | F | 67 | 52.2 | 44.8 | 52.2 | 15.3 | 31.3 | 10.5 | 32.8 | 9.2 | 12.3 |
| Â | M | 169 | 52.1 | 44.9 | 38.5 | 16.2 | 32.5 | 17.3 | 36.1 | 10.3 | 9.5 |
All farmers | F | 252 | 53.3 | 44.9 | 48.8 | 35.9 | 44.7 | 19.7 | 31.7 | 10.9 | 28.4 |
| Â | M | 1200 | 48.2 | 41.0 | 34.7 | 33.7 | 36.9 | 17.1 | 29.4 | 17.2 | 13.0 |