Table IV.

Characteristics Potentially Associated with the Incidence of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in Poultry Workers (N = 106 wrists)

Characteristic	No CTS Mean [SD] or N (row %)	Possible CTS Mean [SD] or N (row %)	CTS Mean [SD] or N (row %)	Bivariate OR	Analysis p-value
Age*	29.9 [8.0]	34.5 [14.1]	28.0 [1.4]	1.04	0.185
BMI*	27.7 [4.9]	27.9 [3.4]	30.0 [3.3]	1.02	0.723
Gender
Female	43 (82.7%)	8 (15.4%)	1 (1.9%)	0.73	0.601
Male **	42 (77.8%)	11 (20.4%)	1 (1.9%)	---
Poultry Job Task†
Category 1 **	32 (76.2%)	9 (21.4%)	1 (2.4%)	---
Category 2	35 (83.3%)	6 (14.3%)	1 (2.4%)	0.64	0.515
Category 3	10 (90.9%)	1 (9.1%)	0 (0)	0.32	0.307
Category 4	8 (72.7%)	3 (27.3%)	0 (0)	1.20	0.851

^*Treated as continuous variables, odds ratios reported for a one point increase in the variable of interest

^**Reference category

^†Category 1: Packing, Sanitation, Chilling, Other

Category 2: Cutting, Eviscerating, Wash-up, Trimming, Deboning

Category 3: Receiving, Hanging, Killing, Plucking

Category 4: Multiple job tasks