Table 2 Hospital and pharmacy data by temporal and direction of wind exposure
From: Association between sugar cane burning and acute respiratory illness on the island of Maui
Cases within area of smoke exposure | Cases outside area of smoke exposure | Total cases | Ratio of cases within to outside of smoke exposure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Hospital/ED data | ||||
Burn day | 37 (11.7 %) | 278 (88.3 %) | 315 | 0.133 |
Non-burn day | 34 (9.2 %) | 337 (90.8 %) | 371 | 0.101 |
p = 0.33; OR = 1.32 (95 % CI [0.81–2.16]) | 686 | |||
p-value compared with matched controls | ||||
Pharmacy data | ||||
Burn day | 76 (13.2 %) | 500 (86.8 %) | 576 | 0.152 |
Non-burn day | 78 (11.5 %) | 602 (88.5 %) | 680 | 0.130 |
p = 0.40; OR = 1.17, (95 % CI [0.84, 1.64]) | 1,256 | |||
p-value compared with matched controls | ||||