Table 2 |
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Association of worker characteristics on injury occurrence (univariate analysis) |
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| Variables |
Injury (%) |
P value |
RR |
95% CI |
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| Age group |
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| >25 (compared against ≤25) |
64.2 |
0.013 |
1.56 |
1.06–2.31 |
| Job duration |
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| >5 (compared against ≤5) |
46.2 |
0.615 |
0.92 |
0.66–1.28 |
| Education level |
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| Educated (compared against illiterate) |
48.3 |
0.084 |
0.62 |
0.42–0.91 |
| Marital status |
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| Married (compared against unmarried) |
61.84 |
0.006 |
1.50 |
1.13–1.99 |
| Nature of Job |
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| Grading |
50.9 |
0.013 |
1.96 |
1.01–3.82 |
| Peeling & Ring cutting |
25.9 |
1 |
- |
|
| Packing |
67.6 |
2.61 |
1.32–5.14 |
|
| Mixed activity |
43.4 |
1.69 |
0.72–3.93 |
|
| Blanching of hand |
54.9 |
0.025 |
1.41 |
1.06–1.86 |
| Headache |
51.9 |
0.610 |
1.08 |
0.81–1.44 |
| Recurrent respiratory irritation during work |
48.1 |
0.859 |
0.96 |
0.65–1.43 |
| Body ache |
33.3 |
0.313 |
0.74 |
0.46–1.20 |
| Recurrent musculoskeletal pain |
55.8 |
0.040 |
1.35 |
1.02–1.79 |
| Recurrent upper limb pain |
53.7 |
0.568 |
1.11 |
0.77–1.60 |
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Saha et al. Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2006 1:23 doi:10.1186/1745-6673-1-23 |
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