Table 5.

Odds ratios of women v. men for developing chronic symptoms

	Food Processing		Textile Industry		Farming Industry
Chronic Symptoms	Odds Ratio	Confidence Interval	Odds Ratio	Confidence Interval	Odds Ratio	Confidence Interval
Chronic Cough	0.50	0.36 – 0.69+	0.35	0.23 – 0.52+	0.39	0.26 – 0.57+
Chronic Phlegm	0.31	0.22 – 0.44+	0.32	0.21 – 0.49+	0.38	0.25 – 0.58+
Chronic Bronchitis	0.33	0.22 – 0.49+	0.27	0.17 – 0.43+	0.30	0.18 – 0.49+
Occupational Asthma	1.69	0.53 – 2.86	1.05	0.41 – 2.65	1.72	0.86–2.58
Dyspnea 3 & 4	1.07	0.72 – 1.58	0.80	0.51 – 1.26	*	*
Sinusitis	1.18	0.79 – 1.75	1.13	0.64 – 1.62	1.03	0.70 – 1.51
Nasal Catarrh	1.04	0.74 – 1.47	1.41	0.89 – 2.25	1.30	0.92 – 1.84

* Not homogeneous, cannot combine odds ratios across industries.

+ Significant odds ratios.