|
Bivariate model
|
Multivariate model
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Final multivariate model
|
|---|
|
Characteristic
| |
Beta
|
p
|
Beta
|
p
|
Characteristic
|
Beta
|
p
|
|---|
|
Age
| |
0.293
|
0.007
|
0.527
|
0.466
|
Age
|
0.255
|
0.008
|
|
Male
| |
0.086
|
0.431
|
0.033
|
0.840
| | | |
|
Solvent exp.
|
EXP
|
0.403
|
p<0.0001
|
0.177
|
0.813
|
EXP
|
0.239
|
0.027
|
| |
NEXP
|
Reference
| | | | | |
|
Tenure
| |
0.467
|
p<0.0001
|
0.082
|
0.821
| | | |
|
Risk factors
|
Cigarettes
|
−0.048
|
0.742
|
−0.255
|
0.098
| | | |
| |
Alcohol
|
−0.104
|
0.477
|
−0.031
|
0.834
| | | |
| |
ShootWP
|
−0.064
|
0.626
|
0.021
|
0.883
| | | |
| |
ShootNP
|
0.224
|
0.086
|
0.257
|
0.098
| | | |
| |
No Shoot
|
Reference
| | | | | |
| |
Pastnoise
|
0.427
|
p<0.0001
|
0.384
|
0.012
|
Pastnoise
|
0.303
|
0.005
|
|
Interactions
| | | | | |
Interactions
| | |
|
Age*solvent
| | | |
−0.250
|
0.840
| | | |
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Note.
Solvent exp: EXP: solvent-exposed group, NEXP: non-exposed group (reference); Tenure: number of years working at the factory exposed to solvents; Cigarettes: Number of cigarettes smoked per week; Alcohol: Number of drinks per month; Shoot WP: history of shooting practice wearing hearing protection; ShootNP: history of shooting practice without wearing hearing protection; No shoot: absence of shooting practice (reference); Pastnoise: history of previous occupational noise exposure; Interaction Age*solvent: factor of age times solvent group (exposed versus non-exposed).
