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. 2008 Jun 16;3:13. doi: 10.1186/1745-6673-3-13

Table 1.

Hand-arm vibration exposure in relation to retrospective Raynaud's phenomenon. Retrospective dose-response analysis Cox regression. Hand-arm vibration exposure dose was defined as the product of exposure hours and the hand-arm vibration exposure value, unit hours · m/s2 (h · m/s2).

Variable Event Censored Ratio 95% Hazard Ratio Confidence Limits
Non-exposed = 0–1600 h · m/s2 3 45 1 NA
Q1 1601–7578 h · m/s2 19 18 2.83 0.71–11.3
Q2 7579–16787 h · m/s2 19 20 10.2 2.96 – 35.0
Q3 16788–39699 h · m/s2 16 21 11.4 3.38 – 38.7
Q4 >39700 h · m/s2 6 31 12.1 3.57 – 40.9