Table 2 Comparison between exposed police officers and fire‐fighters and their reference groups with regard to health complaints, subdivided into ICPC symptom categories.
| ICPC symptom categories | Police officers | Fire‐fighters | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exposed | Reference | OR | (95% CI) | Exposed | Reference | OR | (95% CI) | |
| General/non‐specific | 40.4% | 27.4% | 1.92 | (1.52–2.41)* | 32.1% | 16.0% | 2.00 | (1.12–3.58)* |
| Digestive | 21.3% | 15.1% | 1.57 | (1.19–2.08)* | 21.3% | 13.4% | 1.84 | (0.95–3.55) |
| Cardiovascular | 25.7% | 16.7% | 1.76 | (1.35–2.29)* | 28.7% | 11.3% | 3.30 | (1.70–6.41)* |
| Musculoskeletal | 42.1% | 29.2% | 1.86 | (1.49–2.33)* | 53.9% | 25.8% | 2.56 | (1.55–4.23)* |
| Nervous system | 51.1% | 39.7% | 1.66 | (1.34–2.06)* | 49.2% | 28.4% | 2.87 | (1.71–4.81)* |
| Airway | 29.7% | 19.7% | 1.80 | (1.40–2.32)* | 29.9% | 12.9% | 1.67 | (0.92–3.03) |
| Skin | 51.9% | 28.4% | 2.78 | (2.21–3.48)* | 54.8% | 32.5% | 3.37 | (2.01–5.62)* |
ICPC, International Classification of Primary Care; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.
*p<0.05.