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Table 3 Prevalence (P) of cold-related respiratory, cardiac and circulation symptoms and prevalence differences (PD, percentage points, pp)

From: Cold-related symptoms and performance degradation among Thai poultry industry workers with reference to vulnerable groups: a cross-sectional study

Subgroup

Respiratory

Cardiac

Circulation

Crude

Adjusted

Crude

Adjusted

Crude

Adjusted

P (%)

PD (pp)

PD (pp)

95% CI

P (%)

PD (pp)

PD (pp)

95% CI

P (%)

PD (pp)

PD (pp)

95% CI

Sex

 Men

78.7

0.0

0.0

 

27.2

0.0

0.0

 

71.4

0.0

0.0

 

 Women

73.8

−4.9

1.5

(−5.7–8.7)

22.3

−4.9

10.0

(1.1–18.9)

66.2

−5.2

8.4

(0.5–16.4)

Age (yr)

 18–24

80.0

0

0.0

 

20.0

0.0

0.0

 

61.6

0.0

0

 

 25–34

78.7

−1.3

−4.8

(−12.5–2.9)

29.1

9.1

6.3

(−2.9–15.6)

73.5

11.9

1.8

(−7.3–11.0)

 35–44

76.9

−3.1

−5.0

(−13.5–3.6)

25.0

5.0

−3.6

(− 12.1–4.9)

72.7

11.1

7.9

(−0.5–16.4)

 45–57

62.5

−17.5

−9.2

(−22.4–3.9)

21.9

1.9

1.0

(−14.5–16.4)

60.9

−0.7

6.3

(−7.0–19.5)

Education

 Primary school

65.2

0.0

0.0

 

20.3

0.0

0.0

 

62.3

0.0

0.0

 

 Middle school

77.2

12.0

16.0

(4.3–27.7)

23.7

3.4

0.3

(−10.3–10.9)

66.7

4.4

4.7

(−6.3–15.6)

 High school

69.4

4.2

7.3

(−6.0–20.5)

28.6

8.3

5.9

(−5.2–17.1)

69.4

7.1

−1.1

(−13.9–11.7)

 Vocational school

81.9

16.7

24.3

(15.6–32.9)

27.8

7.5

6.3

(− 6.5–19.0)

72.2

9.9

7.6

(−4.4–19.6)

 University

83.0

17.8

29.0

(23.4–34.6)

23.8

3.5

1.7

(−8.5–12.0)

71.7

9.4

8.1

(−2.1–18.2)

Body weight

 Normal

77.1

0.0

0.0

 

25.1

0.0

0.0

 

67.5

0.0

0.0

 

 Overweight

70.6

−6.5

−6.9

(−18.1–4.3)

20.9

−4.2

−2.4

(− 13.0–8.2)

67.6

0.1

−3.1

(−15.5–9.4)

 Obese

77.6

0.5

0.0

(−6.8–6.8)

25.6

0.5

2.8

(−5.7–11.3)

70.8

3.3

4.0

(− 3.8–11.8)

Smoking

 Never

76.8

0.0

0.0

 

24.3

0.0

0.0

 

69.9

0.0

0.0

 

 Ex-smoker

77.8

1.0

−5.9

(−29.4–17.7)

44.4

20.1

25.2

(1.6–48.7)

72.2

2.3

−6.4

(−31.7–18.9)

 Smoker

73.5

− 3.3

− 6.8

(−19.0–5.5)

21.6

−2.7

−5.7

(− 15.8–4.4)

63.9

− 6.0

− 20.6

(− 36.7– −4.4)

Alcohol

 Does not use

73.8

0.0

0.0

 

22.5

0.0

0.0

 

65.0

0.0

0

 

 Occasionally

75.5

1.7

−3.1

(−12.3–6.1)

23.8

1.3

−5.0

(−14.4–4.4)

71.3

6.3

7.0

(−2.7–16.7)

 Monthly

79.4

5.6

−6.8

(−19.3–5.8)

23.8

1.3

−13.1

(−22.1– − 4.0)

71.4

6.4

3.4

(−9.4–16.2)

 Weekly

85.4

11.6

2.7

(−10.0–15.4)

35.4

12.9

−0.1

(−13.2–13.0)

75.0

10.0

8.2

(−6.1–22.5)

Job

 Office worker

75.4

0.0

0.0

 

24.1

0.0

0.0

 

67.2

0.0

0.0

 

 Manufacturing

72.5

−2.9

17.5

(11.5–23.6)

26.2

2.1

−7.7

(−16.5–1.2)

67.6

0.4

3.3

(−5.8–12.4)

 Storage worker

81.1

5.7

12.0

(2.4–21.6)

26.3

2.2

−8.9

(−18.1–0.4)

71.3

4.1

−2.6

(−14.6–9.4)

 Forklift driver

81.8

6.4

22.1

(12.8–31.3)

18.8

−5.3

−12.4

(−26.9–2.1)

75.8

8.6

16.5

(4.1–28.8)

Employment years

 0–1.9

78.4

0.0

0.0

 

20.4

0.0

0.0

 

68.1

0.0

0.0

 

 2–9.9

79.0

0.6

2.4

(−5.0–9.8)

29.9

9.5

4.2

(−3.7–12.1)

72.5

4.4

1.3

(−6.7–9.4)

 10–30

71.1

−7.3

0.2

(−8.0–8.4)

23.9

3.5

3.9

(− 7.6–15.3)

66.9

−1.2

− 7.1

(−18.3–4.0)

  1. a Adjusted for all variables in the table other than the variable of interest, plus factory