Estimating the health consequences of flight attendant work: comparing flight attendant health to the general population in a cross-sectional study

Table 3 Comparative age-adjusted prevalence of health conditions in the FAHS and NHANES

Risk Factors and Health Outcomes	Gender	FAHS count, Unweighted	NHANES count, weighted	Prevalence FAHS, %	Prevalence NHANES, %	SPR (95% CI)
Overweight	Female	1306	768	29.7	59.7	0.50 (0.47–0.53)
	Male	536	1048	44.7	72.6	0.62 (0.59–0.65)
Obesity	Female	304	441	7.1	34.3	0.21 (0.18–0.24)
	Male	113	438	11.1	30.3	0.37 (0.33–0.41)
Current smoker	Female	295	208	7.2	16.1	0.44 (0.38–0.52)
	Male	119	280	12.5	19.4	0.64 (0.56–0.74)
High cholesterol	Female	764	365	14.5	28.4	0.51 (0.46–0.57)
	Male	262	470	18.8	32.6	0.58 (0.52–0.64)
Hypertension	Female	617	332	11.4	25.8	0.44 (0.39–0.50)
	Male	237	384	16.6	26.6	0.63 (0.56–0.70)
Coronary heart disease	Female	42	16	0.67	1.3	0.53 (0.29–0.96)
	Male	24	29	1.5	2.0	0.73 (0.47–1.15)
Chronic bronchitis	Female	239	72	4.6	5.6	0.82 (0.63–1.07)
	Male	42	80	2.9	5.6	0.53 (0.40–0.70)
Asthma	Female	409	226	9.2	17.6	0.52 (0.45–0.61)
	Male	83	191	7.0	13.3	0.53 (0.44–0.63)
Sleep disorder	Female	999	91	21.3	7.1	3.00 (2.45–3.69)
	Male	225	128	17.5	8.9	1.98 (1.64–2.38)
Fatigue	Female	572	87	14.7	6.8	2.18 (1.75–2.70)
	Male	123	61	12.8	4.2	3.04 (2.32–4.00)
Depression	Female	120	17	3.0	13.5	2.23 (1.36–3.66)
	Male	50	13	5.1	0.9	5.57 (3.12–9.94)
Reproductive cancer^a	Female	267	38	4.9	2.9	1.66 (1.18–2.33)
Any cancer^b	Female	771	86	14.3	6.7	2.15 (1.73–2.67)
	Male	100	86	5.3	6	0.89 (0.69, 1.14)

CI Confidence interval, FAHS Flight Attendant Health Study, NHANES National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey, SPR Standardized prevalence ratio
^aBreast, uterine, cervical, and ovarian cancers
^bBreast, ovarian, uterine, cervical, lung, oral, esophageal, prostate, testicular, colon, bladder, melanoma, non-melanoma skin, leukemia, thyroid, brain, lymphoma, liver, kidney, stomach and pancreatic cancers

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