Table 1 Characteristics of farm workers and Green Tobacco Sickness (GTS)
From: Green Tobacco Sickness among Brazilian farm workers and genetic polymorphisms
Variable | All workers N = 167 | GTS yes N = 95 | GTS no N = 72 | p value | Unadjusted odds ratio (CI 95%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||
Gender | < 0.0001 | ||||
Male | 68 (40.7) | 24 (25.0) | 44 (61.0) | 0.21 (0.11–0.42) | |
Female | 99 (59.3) | 71 (75.0) | 28 (39.0) | 1 | |
Smoking status | 0.25 | ||||
Smoker | 36 (21.6) | 17 (17.9) | 19 (26.4) | 0.61 (0.29–1.27) | |
Non smoker | 131 (78.4) | 78 (82.1) | 53 (73.6) | 1 | |
Age groups (years) | 0.33 | ||||
19–38 | 70 (41.9) | 41 (43.15) | 29 (40.3) | 1 | |
39–58 | 88 (52.7) | 51 (53.7) | 37 (51.4) | 0.97 (0.51–1.84) | |
59–78 | 9 (5.4) | 3 (3.15) | 6 (8.3) | 0.35 (0.08–1.53) | |
Years worked in tobacco | 0.082 | ||||
Up to 10 | 16 (9.6) | 8 (8.4) | 8 (11.1) | 1.72 (0.50–5.9) | |
11–20 | 32 (19.2) | 21 (22.1) | 11 (15.3) | 3.29 (1.16–9.34) | |
21–30 | 61 (36.5) | 40 (42.1) | 21 (29.2) | 3.29 (1.32–8.18) | |
31–40 | 28 (16.8) | 15 (15.8) | 13 (18.0) | 1.99 (0.69–5.69) | |
Above 40 | 30 (17.9) | 11 (11.6) | 19 (26.4) | 1 | |
Schooling (years) | 0.125 | ||||
0–4 | 107 (64.1) | 59 (62.1) | 48 (66.7) | 0.61 (0.05–6.98) | |
5–8 | 27 (16.2) | 12 (12.6) | 15 (20.8) | 0.4 (0.03–4.95) | |
9–11 | 30 (17.9) | 22 (23.2) | 8 (11.1) | 1.37 (0.11–17.3) | |
Above 11 | 3 (1.8) | 2 (2.1) | 1 (1.4) | 1 |