|
Variables
|
All (n=144)
| |
Group 1 (n=72)
| |
Group 2 (n=72)
|
|---|
| |
Mean
|
Median
|
Range
|
Mean
|
Median
|
Range
|
Mean
|
Median
|
Range
|
|---|
|
Age (years)
|
38.7 (7.8)
|
38.0
|
22-55
|
39.9 (8.5)
|
43.0
|
22-52
|
37.5 (7.1)
|
36.0
|
26-55
|
|---|
|
Gender
| | | | | | | | | |
|
Female
|
20
| | |
6
| | |
14
| | |
|
Male
|
124
| | |
66
| | |
58
| | |
|
PNE
|
30
| | |
27
| | |
3
| | |
|
Shooting
| | | | | | | | | |
|
WP
|
3
| | |
3
| | |
0
| | |
|
NP
|
39
| | |
33
| | |
6
| | |
|
Tenure
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
15.8 (8.1)
|
16.5
|
2-34
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Smoking
|
21.26 (30.7)
|
14.0
|
0-140
|
26.8 (32.1)
|
14.0
|
0-140
|
18.7 (15.8)
|
12
|
0-80
|
|
Alcohol
|
17.4 (17.8)
|
13.5
|
0-60
|
15.6 (16.3)
|
13.5
|
0-60
|
31.2 (24.4)
|
27
|
0-60
|
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Note. Group 1: Solvent-exposed workers Group 2: Non-exposed workers.
- () Standard deviation.
- Alcohol. Number of drinks per month.
- Smoking. Number of cigarettes per week.
- Tenure. Years working at the factory exposed to solvents.
- PNE. Number of subjects who have been exposed to noise in previous jobs.
- Shooting WP. Number of subjects who have shot wearing hearing protection.
- Shooting NP. Number of subjects who have shot without wearing hearing protection.
