Table (10): The relationship between the current job durations in years, work hours/week and frequency of skin diseases among the hospital service workers.
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Occupational characteristics
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Total n |
Skin diseases |
χ² |
O.R (95% C.I) |
P value |
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Positive (n=63) |
Negative (n=57) |
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No |
% |
No |
% |
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Current job durations/y |
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|
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|
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|
|
|
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≤10y
|
53 |
23 |
43.4 |
30 |
56.6 |
|
|
0.07 |
|
>10y |
67 |
40 |
59.7 |
27 |
40.3 |
3.15 |
1.93 (0.87-4.3) |
(NS) |
|
Work hours/week: |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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≤40h |
15 |
3 |
20.0 |
12 |
80.0 |
|
1.0 |
|
|
(41-55)h |
60 |
29 |
48.3 |
31 |
51.7 |
|
5.7(1.11-55.1) |
0.01(S) |
|
>55h |
45 |
31 |
68.9 |
14 |
31.1 |
12.7 |
8.8(1.9-54.4) |
0.001 (HS) |
χ² for trend
· NS: non significant
· S: significant
· HS: highly significant