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Table 4 The relationship between five-year job tenure and the prevalence of diagnosed health outcomes among flight attendantsa

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

Condition

Gender

N Cases

Odds Ratio (95% CI)

Sleep disorder

Female

864

0.99 (0.95, 1.04)

Male

204

1.18 (1.05, 1.31)

Anxiety/depression

Female

902

1.04 (0.99, 1.08)

Male

193

1.22 (1.08, 1.38)

Alcohol abuse

Female

60

1.25 (1.04, 1.49)

Male

33

1.37 (1.02, 1.85)

Reproductive cancer

Female

227

1.04 (0.96, 1.11)

Any cancer

Female

678

1.05 (1.00, 1.10)

Male

84

1.14 (1.00, 1.32)

Hypertension

Female

533

1.01 (0.96, 1.06)

Male

213

1.05 (0.95, 1.17)

Coronary heart disease

Female

41

1.08 (0.93, 1.26)

Male

23

0.85 (0.68, 1.06)

Deep vein thrombosis

Female

149

0.98 (0.90, 1.07)

Male

25

1.03 (0.80, 1.32)

Pulmonary embolismb

All

100

1.07 (0.96, 1.20)

Female

84

1.03 (0.92, 1.16)

Transient ischemic attackc

All

32

1.04 (0.86, 1.26)

Female

26

1.09 (0.88, 1.35)

Peripheral artery diseased

All

26

1.33 (1.04, 1.71)

Female

24

1.37 (1.05, 1.79)

Rheumatoid arthritis

All

100

0.95 (0.85, 1.05)

Female

85

0.96 (0.86, 1.08)

Osteoarthritis

All

290

1.03 (0.97, 1.09)

Female

262

1.00 (0.94, 1.07)

Chronic back pain

Female

696

1.04 (1.00, 1.09)

Male

140

1.02 (0.91, 1.15)

Back surgery

Female

120

1.03 (0.94, 1.14)

Male

40

1.09 (0.89, 1.33)

Foot surgery

Female

341

1.09 (1.03, 1.16)

Male

36

1.09 (0.89, 1.33)

Shoulder, elbow, or wrist surgery

Female

309

1.03 (0.96, 1.09)

Male

57

1.12 (0.95, 1.32)

Chemical sensitivity

Female

331

0.98 (0.92, 1.04)

Male

30

0.94 (0.74, 1.19)

Multiple chemical sensitivity

All

66

1.08 (0.94, 1.24)

Female

60

1.08 (0.94, 1.25)

Migraine

Female

570

0.97 (0.92, 1.02)

Male

52

1.09 (0.89, 1.35)

Hearing loss

Female

444

1.02 (0.97, 1.08)

Male

75

1.15 (0.98, 1.34)

Eardrum rupture

Female

222

0.99 (0.91, 1.06)

Male

38

1.10 (0.88, 1.37)

Chronic bronchitis

Female

215

0.96 (0.90, 1.04)

Male

36

1.12 (0.90, 1.39)

Sinusitis

Female

768

0.98 (0.94, 1.03)

Male

146

1.17 (1.03, 1.32)

  1. CI Confidence interval
  2. aAll models are adjusted for age, overweight, education, and smoking history
  3. bAmong participants with high occupational passive smoking exposure, OR = 1.17 (95% CI: 0.90, 1.53)
  4. cAmong participants with high occupational passive smoking exposure, OR = 1.42 (95% CI: 0.79, 2.55)
  5. dAmong participants with high occupational passive smoking exposure, OR = 1.54 (95% CI: 0.93, 2.55)