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Table 7 Most frequent physical health problems and chronic pain over lifetime by gender for the teacher and control groups

From: Do teachers have more health problems? Results from a French cross-sectional survey

Physical health

Males

Females

 

Teachers (N = 1,496)

Controls (N = 875)

Teachers (N = 2,183)

Controls (N = 942)

 

N

n

%

N

n

%

N

n

%

N

n

%

Physical health problems

   Rhinopharyngitis/laryngitis

1,454

497

34.2(1)

838

198

23.6(1) ***

2,169

1,018

46.9(1)

919

256

27.9(1)***

   Bronchitis

1,454

307

21.1(2)

838

163

19.5(2)

2,169

482

22.2(5)

919

164

17.8(6)*

   Otitis

1,454

264

18.2(3)

838

155

18.5(3)

2,169

424

19.6(7)

919

147

16.0(9)

   Eczema/dermatitis

1,454

252

17.3(4)

838

118

14.1(4)

2,169

492

22.7(4)

919

153

16.7(8)*

   Arthrosis

1,454

167

11.5(5)

838

104

12.4(5)

2,169

356

16.4(9)

919

186

20.3(4)

   Conjunctivitis

1,454

155

10.7(6)

838

61

7.3(10)*

2,169

419

19.3(8)

919

158

17.2(7)

   Asthma

1,454

143

9.8(7)

838

75

8.9(8)

2,169

180

8.3(12)

919

56

6.1(12)

   Urinary tract infection

1,454

130

8.9(8)

838

54

6.4(11)

2,169

574

26.5(2)

919

206

22.4(3)

   Infections

1,454

128

8.8(9)

838

63

7.5(9)

2,169

316

14.6(10)

919

133

14.5(10)

   Varicose veins

1,454

127

8.7(10)

838

80

9.5(7)

2,169

434

20.0(6)

919

166

18.1(5)*

   Hypertension

1,454

119

8.2(11)

838

82

9.8(6)

2,169

220

10.1(11)

919

96

10.5(11)

   Cystitis

1,454

47

3.2(12)

838

11

1.3(12)*

2,169

563

26.0(3)

919

220

24.0(2)

Chronic pains

   Back pain

1,440

444

30.8(1)

801

278

34.7(1)

2,081

782

37.6(1)

862

373

43.3(1)

   Articular pain

1,440

292

20.3(2)

801

179

22.3(3)

2,081

467

22.4(3)

862

225

26.1(3)

   Headache/migraine

1,440

250

17.4(3)

801

180

22.5(2)

2,081

692

33.3(2)

862

346

40.1(2)

  1. N = Total weighted number of respondents in each category for each group. n = number of cases in each category for each group. % = proportion of cases in each category for each group. p = p-value from Mantel-Haenszel chi-square test adjusted for age and educational level (*p < 0.05 ; **p < 0.01 ; ***p < 0.001). Numbers in brackets represent the order of appearance in the ranking of physical health problems or chronic pain according to prevalence