Table 2.
Dietary habits in the studied populations.
| Category | Total N = 63 | All workers employed in TiO2 plant N = 45 | Workers producing TiO2N = 40 | Office workers N = 5 | External controls N = 18 | p value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
| Fruit consumption | |||||||||||
| Never | 1 | 1.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5.6 | (a) χ2 = 0.047 |
| Rarely | 6 | 9.5 | 2 | 4.4 | 2 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 22.2 | (b) χ2 = 0.103 |
| Daily basis | 26 | 41.3 | 21 | 46.7 | 17 | 42.5 | 4 | 80.0 | 5 | 27.8 | |
| Many times a day | 30 | 47.6 | 22 | 48.9 | 21 | 52.5 | 1 | 20.0 | 8 | 44.4 | |
| Vegetable consumption | |||||||||||
| Never | 1 | 1.6 | 1 | 2.2 | 1 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | (a) χ2 = 0.308 |
| Rarely | 7 | 11.1 | 3 | 6.7 | 3 | 7.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 22.2 | (b) χ2 = 0.625 |
| Daily basis | 29 | 46.0 | 21 | 46.7 | 19 | 47.5 | 2 | 40.0 | 8 | 44.4 | |
| Many times a day | 26 | 41.3 | 20 | 44.4 | 17 | 42.5 | 3 | 60.0 | 6 | 33.3 | |
| Grilled fish/meat consumption | |||||||||||
| Never | 7 | 11.5 | 5 | 11.4 | 4 | 10.3 | 1 | 20.0 | 2 | 11.8 | (a) χ2 = 0.469 |
| Once a month | 27 | 44.3 | 22 | 50.0 | 20 | 51.3 | 2 | 40.0 | 5 | 29.4 | (b) χ2 = 0.437 |
| Two or three times a month | 15 | 24.6 | 10 | 22.7 | 10 | 25.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 29.4 | |
| More than 3 times a month | 12 | 19.7 | 7 | 15.9 | 5 | 12.8 | 2 | 40.0 | 5 | 29.4 | |
(a) Comparison among exposed and controls. (b) Comparison among kind of exposure and controls.