Table 4.

Odds ratios for asthma, current asthma, rhinitis, different nasal symptoms, conjunctivitis and hand eczema in relation to exposure to super absorbent polymer and paper dust.

	Exposure to SAP		Exposure to paper dust
Outcome	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Physician-diagnosed adult-onset asthma (n = 71)	0.8	0.4-1.4	0.8	0.5-1.6
Current asthma (n = 112)	1.0	0.6-1.7	0.9	0.5-1.5
Rhinitis (n = 471)	0.9	0.7-1.3	1.3	0.9-1.9
Nasal blockage (n = 349)	1.3	0.9-1.8	1.2	0.8-1.7
Nasal crusts (n = 442)	1.1	0.8-1.5	1.4	1.01-2.1
Nose bleeding (n = 465)	1.1	0.8-1.5	1.7	1.2-2.4
Conjunctivitis (n = 235)	1.1	0.7-1.6	1.2	0.8-1.8
Hand eczema (n = 134)	0.9	0.6-1.5	1.0	0.6-1.7

The results are from logistic regression models comprising gender, atopy, smoking, age and both exposure variables. OR = odds ratio. CI = confidence interval.

1. 1 = Yes; 0 = No