Table 5 Upper and lower airway symptoms at baseline (2008/2009) and at follow-up (2012/2013) in exposed and non-exposed group, and among exposed men who did and did not take part in accident related tasks (ART)
Number | Lower airway symptoms | Upper airway symptoms | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2008 | 2012 | 2008 | 2012 | ||||||||||||||
n (%) | RR | 95% CIa | p | n (%) | RR | 95% CIa | p | n (%) | RR | 95% CIa | p | n (%) | RR | 95% CIa | p | ||
Men | |||||||||||||||||
Non-exposed | 58 | 31 (53) | 1 | 28 (48) | 1 | 20 (35) | 1 | 19 (33) | 1 | ||||||||
No ART | 94 | 70 (74) | 1.41 | (1.08, 1.83) | 0.01 | 59 (63) | 1.30 | (0.95, 1.79) | 0.1 | 52 (55) | 1.57 | (1.04, 2.35) | 0.03 | 44 (47) | 1.50 | (0.96, 2.34) | 0.07 |
ART | 33 | 23 (70) | 1.30 | (0.94, 1.80) | 0.1 | 24 (73) | 1.51 | (1.07, 2.14) | 0.02 | 20 (61) | 1.78 | (1.13, 2.80) | 0.01 | 16 (48) | 1.51 | (0.88, 2.57) | 0.1 |
Women | |||||||||||||||||
Non-exposed | 54 | 28 (48) | 1 | 26 (48) | 1 | 15 (28) | 1 | 15 (28) | 1 | ||||||||
Exposed | 91 | 57 (63) | 1.33 | (0.95, 1.86) | 0.1 | 50 (55) | 1.08 | (0.77, 1.51) | 0.7 | 48 (53) | 1.77 | (1.10, 2.84) | 0.02 | 46 (51) | 1.80 | (1.08, 2.99) | 0.02 |