Prevalence ratios for work-related lower respiratory symptoms compared to U.S. office workers were elevated and ranged from 2.7 to 4.7 (p < 0.05; Table 3).
The odds ratio for working status of women registered a decline when controlled for socio-economic variables and mothers working in agriculture sector are slightly more likely to deliver at home rather than health facilities as compared to non-working women (p≤0.000; OR 1.078; 95%; CI 0.858-1.353).
Both CRS and allergic rhinitis impart significantly increased odds ratios for activity, work, and social limitations.
Both CRS and AR impart significantly increased odds ratios for activity, work, and social limitations.
Incidence and hazard ratios for respiratory work disability were calculated with 95% confidence intervals (CI).
In this case, elevated odds ratios for both work stress models remain statistically significant in the combined European samples (SHARE and ELSA).
The hazard ratios for respiratory work disability were increased for workers reporting gassings (HR 5.3, 95% CI 2.7-10.5) and for those reporting physician-diagnosed asthma, chronic bronchitis, and chronic rhinitis, when analyzed in the same model.
The cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) for "work posture and movement" was estimated at -93.82, indicating a cost of €93.82 for one point improvement on a scale ranging from 0 (perfect work posture and movement) to 11 (poor work posture and movement).
That the odds ratio for repetitive work with the wrist and hand was only 1.5 may be a consequence of the wording of the question by which exposure was ascertained.
There were also no significant differences regarding activities involving potential exposure to other agricultural chemicals, although the odds ratio for fencing work, which may involve exposure to arsenic and sodium pentachlorophenate, was 1.6 (95% confidence limits 0.9-2.7, P = 0.11).
