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. 2013 Dec 16;8(12):e83573. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083573

Table 4. Effect of diesel exhaust exposure, or perception of diesel exhaust exposure, on symptom or symptom cluster.

Diesel Effect
Perception Effect
Symptom (Cluster) Positive OR Woolf Positive OR Woolf
Any Chest Symptom 27 1.7 0.58 12 27.5 0.06
Any Nose Symptom 50 1.3 0.64 28 4.7 0.03
Any Eye Symptom 43 1.5 0.48 25 3.6 0.13
Headache, Fatigue or Nausea 70 1.4 0.55 41 3.4 0.06

Positive = number of sessions, amongst column total, in which symptoms were reported as present

OR = differential odds-ratio: the ratio between the odds-ratio post-exposure and the odds-ratio pre- exposure (each of these odds-ratio measuring odds of given symptom cluster for DE exposure relative to FA exposure, or [for “perception effect”] for perceived DE exposure relative to perceived FA exposure). Note: for calculating the odds-ratio, 0.5 was added to each cell count, in order to avoid division by zero.

Woolf = the asymptotic Chi-Squared p-value reported by the Woolf test.