Table 2.

Prevalence or ORs of reported diseases ever diagnosed by a physician in Yucheng, stratified by sex, in Taiwan from 1979–2003

	Men				Women
	Yucheng	Reference group	OR* (95% CI)	AOR	Yucheng	Reference group	OR* (95% CI)	AOR
n	155	152	—	—	223	218	—
Chloracne	66 (42.9)	1 (0.7)	117.0 (25.1–2,087)‡	111.5 (23.9–1,985)‡	51 (23.0)	0 (0.0)	—	—
Type 2 diabetes without therapy	22 (14.4)	22 (14.7)	1.0 (0.5–1.8)	1.0 (0.5–1.9)	25 (11.3)	12 (5.6)	2.2 (1.1–4.7)†	2.1 (1.1–4.5)†
Aged <55	3 (4.8)	7 (11.3)	0.4 (0.1–1.5)	0.5 (0.1–1.9)	7 (4.6)	7 (4.5)	1.0 (0.3–3.1)	1.0 (0.3–3.1)
Aged 55–64	9 (25.0)	5 (12.5)	2.3 (0.7–8.3)	3.7 (0.9–17.6)	6 (20.7)	0 (0.0)	—	—
Aged ≥65	10 (18.2)	10 (20.8)	0.8 (0.3–2.2)	0.8 (0.3–2.3)	12 (30.8)	5 (14.7)	2.6 (0.8–9.1)	2.6 (0.9–9.3)
Type 2 diabetes with therapy	22 (14.3)	17 (11.3)	1.3 (0.6–2.6)	1.3 (0.7–2.7)	17 (7.7)	7 (3.2)	2.5 (1.0–6.7)	2.5 (1.0–6.5)†
Aged <55	3 (4.8)	3 (4.8)	1.0 (0.2–5.7)	1.3 (0.2–7.5)	3 (2.0)	5 (3.2)	0.6 (0.1–2.5)	0.6 (0.1–2.5)
Aged 55–64	9 (25.0)	5 (12.5)	2.3 (0.7–8.3)	3.7 (0.9–17.7)	3 (10.3)	0 (0.0)	—	—
Aged ≥65	10 (17.9)	9 (18.8)	0.9 (0.3–2.5)	0.9 (0.3–2.6)	11 (28.2)	2 (5.9)	6.4 (1.5–43.9)†	6.6 (1.6–45.4)†
Hypertension with therapy	46 (30.0)	39 (26.0)	1.2 (0.7–2.0)	1.2 (0.7–2.0)	41 (18.5)	31 (14.4)	1.3 (0.8–2.3)	1.3 (0.8–2.2)
Hypertension without therapy	40 (26.0)	31 (20.7)	1.3 (0.7–2.4)	1.3 (0.8–2.4)	29 (13.1)	21 (9.7)	1.4 (0.7–2.7)	1.4 (0.8–2.5)
Cardiovascular disease	22 (14.2)	17 (11.2)	1.3 (0.6–2.6)	1.3 (0.7–2.6)	30 (11.6)	21 (9.6)	1.4 (0.8–2.6)	1.5 (0.8–2.7)

Data are n (%) unless otherwise indicated.

^*Age adjusted.

^†P <0.05;

^‡P < 0.001.