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Table 3 Prevalence of work-related health symptom groups in workers by organic dust exposure categories, in absolute numbers (percentages between brackets)

From: Work-related health symptoms among compost facility workers: a cross-sectional study

Symptoms

No exposure (n = 31)

Exposure (n = 31)

Crude OR (95% CI)

Adjusted OR (95% CI)b

Respiratory

1 (3.3)

9 (29.0)

11.9 (1.4-100.7)

17.4 (1.7-178.4)

Irritation

4 (13.3)

11 (35.5)

3.6 (1.0-12.9)

4.7 (1.1-20.4)

Gastrointestinal

2 (6.7)

9 (29.0)

5.7 (1.1-29.3)

8.4 (1.3-52.9)

Skin

0 (0.0)

6 (20.0)

-

-

Any symptom

8 (26.7)

20 (64.5)

5.0 (1.7-14.9)

6.8 (1.8-25.3)

  1. aMultiple logistic regression analyses adjusted for smoking status and age.