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Table 4 Prevalence (P) of cold-related finger, general and performance complaints 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

Finger

General

Performance degradation

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

65.0

0.0

0.0

 

79.2

0.0

0.0

 

79.2

0.0

0.0

 

 Women

58.9

−6.1

−0.3

(−9.7–9.1)

76.8

−2.4

−0.4

(−7.8–7.0)

85.8

6.6

−11.7

(−20.0– −3.5)

Age (yr)

 18–24

58.0

0.0

0.0

 

78.0

0.0

0.0

 

75.0

0.0

0.0

 

 25–34

66.2

8.2

−1.6

(−11.3–8.1)

83.8

5.8

6.7

(−0.7–14.1)

84.6

9.6

9.8

(2.1–17.6)

 35–44

60.0

2.0

−1.4

(−11.6–8.8)

79.3

1.3

6.6

(−1.1–14.4)

86.8

11.8

16.9

(12.2–21.5)

 45–57

62.5

4.5

0.8

(−16.2–17.8)

61.9

−16.1

−13.3

(−30.4–3.7)

82.8

7.8

16.6

(9.6–23.6)

Education

 Primary school

55.1

0.0

0.0

 

69.6

0.0

0.0

 

75.4

0.0

0.0

 

 Middle school

57.7

2.6

5.1

(−7.7–17.9)

78.4

8.8

−2.3

(−12.0–7.3)

74.2

−1.2

10.1

(−1.8–22.1)

 High school

63.9

8.8

5.9

(−6.8–18.7)

73.6

4.0

−7.6

(−20.6–5.3)

81.9

6.5

11.2

(−1.0–23.5)

 Vocational school

70.4

15.3

21.1

(10.5–31.7)

74.6

5.0

−10.7

(−25.1–3.7)

88.9

13.5

23.7

(17.0–30.3)

 University

63.2

8.1

18.7

(8.0–29.4)

86.8

17.2

3.2

(−6.5–13.0)

91.5

16.1

29.3

(26.0–32.7)

Body weight

 Normal

63.4

0.0

0.0

 

78.6

0.0

0.0

 

84.4

0.0

0.0

 

 Overweight

60.3

−3.1

−10.9

(−24.5–2.7)

79.1

0.5

4.2

(−4.7–13.2)

77.9

−6.5

−11.9

(−23.5– −0.2)

 Obese

60.9

−2.5

−4.7

(−13.6–4.1)

77.0

−1.6

−3.0

(−11.2–5.3)

82.6

−1.8

−5.8

(− 12.9–1.2)

Smoking

 Never

61.6

0.0

0.0

 

79.0

0.0

0.0

 

84.6

0.0

0.0

 

 Ex-smoker

61.1

−0.5

6.0

(−16.9–29.0)

77.8

−1.2

−9.0

(−37.8–19.8)

88.9

4.3

12.2

(9.0–15.4)

 Smoker

62.2

0.6

−2.4

(−15.7–10.9)

74.5

−4.5

−11.3

(− 25.3–2.7)

75.5

−9.1

− 2.5

(− 12.9–7.9)

Alcohol

 Does not use

60.0

0.0

0.0

 

76.6

0.0

0.0

 

81.1

0.0

0.0

 

 Occasionally

63.7

3.7

10.5

(1.6–19.4)

74.5

−2.1

−4.4

(−14.2–5.4)

83.3

2.2

9.9

(2.6–17.2)

 Monthly

65.1

5.1

−6.2

(−20.4–8.0)

90.5

13.9

9.9

(2.6–17.2)

82.5

1.4

7.0

(−2.5–16.5)

 Weekly

64.6

4.6

−0.1

(−16.1–15.9)

77.1

0.5

−6.3

(−21.8–9.2)

91.7

10.6

18.2

(13.9–22.6)

Job

 Office worker

59.4

0.0

0.0

 

79.7

0.0

0.0

 

88.1

0.0

0.0

 

 Manufacturing

63.4

4.0

10.6

(0.6–20.6)

73.2

−6.5

5.3

(−4.4–15.0)

77.5

−10.6

14.8

(8.0–22.6)

 Storage worker

63.2

3.8

4.2

(−8.2–16.5)

84.2

4.5

12.9

(5.3–20.5)

83.2

−4.9

19.8

(14.1–25.6)

 Forklift driver

57.6

−1.8

12.4

(−4.0–28.7)

78.8

−0.9

12.8

(1.1–24.4)

87.9

−0.2

24.1

(17.0–31.2)

Employment years

 0–1.9

62.6

0.0

0.0

 

85.6

0.0

0.0

 

80.6

0.0

0.0

 

 2–9.9

63.8

1.2

0.2

(−8.8–9.2)

75.4

−10.2

0.0

(−7.1–7.2)

82.6

2.0

−1.6

(−7.9–4.8)

 10–30

58.9

−3.7

−8.3

(−20.5–3.8)

73.0

−12.6

−5.1

(−15.6–5.4)

85.2

4.6

−8.5

(−18.1–1.1)

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