|
Variable
|
Chronic respiratory symptoms
|
COR (95 % CI)
|
AOR (95 % CI)
|
|---|
| |
Yes
|
No
| | |
|
Sex
|
|
Male
|
187
|
77
|
2.65(1.73,.4.05)
|
2.07(1.18,3.63)*
|
|
Female
|
67
|
73
|
1.00
|
1.00
|
|
Age (years)
|
|
14-29
|
99
|
112
|
1.00
|
1.00
|
|
30-44
|
86
|
24
|
4.05(2.39,6.87)
|
3.56(1.80,7.02)***
|
|
45+
|
69
|
14
|
5.58(2.96,10.52)
|
4.20(1.94,9.12)***
|
|
Educational status
|
|
≤ Grade 8
|
77
|
29
|
3.46(1.93,6.20)
|
4.07(1.86,8.92)***
|
|
Secondary school (Grade 9–12)
|
134
|
65
|
2.69(1.64,4.41)
|
2.63(1.35,5.12)**
|
|
TVET and above
|
43
|
56
|
1.00
|
1.00
|
|
Working department
|
|
Raw mill
|
76
|
94
|
1.00
|
1.00
|
|
Burner and clinker
|
68
|
33
|
2.55(1.52,4.26)
|
2.28(1.18,4.43)*
|
|
Cement mill
|
110
|
23
|
5.92(3.44,10.17)
|
3.72(1.92,7.21)***
|
|
Service year
|
|
≤5
|
102
|
120
|
1.00
|
1.00
|
|
>5
|
152
|
30
|
5.96(3.72,9.56)
|
5.44(3.09,9.59)***
|
|
Training on respiratory health
|
|
Yes
|
33
|
44
|
1.00
|
1.00
|
|
No
|
221
|
106
|
2.78(1.67,4.62)
|
2.73(1.41,5.29)**
|
|
Smoking status
| | | | |
|
Never smokers
|
211
|
146
|
1.00
|
1.00
|
|
Ever Smokers
|
43
|
4
|
7.44(2.61,21.17)
|
5.38(1.42,20.39)**
|
|
Previous chronic respiratory disease
|
|
Yes
|
38
|
3
|
8.62(2.61,28.45)
|
7.79(2.02,30.04)***
|
|
No
|
216
|
147
|
1.00
| |
- Note: *: p ≤ 0.05, **: p ≤ 0.01, ***:p ≤ 0.001
