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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Occup Environ Med. 2008 Sep 19;66(3):154–160. doi: 10.1136/oem.2008.040022

Table 3.

Factors Associated with Self-reported VGDF Discordance, Over-Reporting and Under-Reporting in 199 Subjects with the Same Job in Both Waves

Discordant
VGDF
Over-Report
VGDF *
Under-Report
VDGF **
n = 199 N = 49/182 n = 17/150
Factors OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
Age, per 10 years 2.2 1.4, 3.6 1.1 0.7, 1.8 0.8 0.4, 1.5
Female 2.5 1.2, 5.5 0.9 0.4, 1.9 2.4 0.7, 8.8
White, non-Hispanic 0.6 0.3, 1.4 0.9 0.4, 2.0 1.0 0.3, 3.2
High School Graduate or less 0.6 0.2, 2.0 0.6 0.1, 2.4 0.3 0.0, 2.6
Never Smoked v. Ever Smoked 0.8 0.4, 1.5 0.7 0.3, 1.5 2.2 0.6, 8.8
Selected trades v. all others 1.1 0.4, 2.6 0.3 0.1, 1.1 4.0 1.2, 13.5
Disease Status
    Asthma with Rhinitis (referent) 1.0 -- 1.0 -- 1.0 --
    Asthma Only 0.8 0.3, 2.0 0.7 0.2, 2.1 1.2 0.3, 4.7
    Rhinitis Only 3.6 1.4, 9.0 3.9 1.6, 9.4 0.6 0.1, 5.3
*

Over-report = Self-reported VGDF, JEM classification low. Excludes 17 subjects who under-reported VGDF.

**

Under-report = No self-reported VGDF, JEM classification is moderate/high. Excludes 49 subjects who over reported VGDF exposure.

Selected trades = Technician, service, manufacturing, construction, agriculture.