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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Occup Environ Med. 2015 Dec;57(12):1299–1304. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000552

Table 4.

Associations Heat Illness While Working Outdoors with Exposure, Task, and Housing.

Number with Heat Illness Total Sample n=101 Those Reporting Working Outdoors in Extremely Hot Weather Conditions N = 68

n % p-value % p-value
Wore in the Previous 3 Days
Wet clothes 0.0013 0.0280
 No 13 22.4 38.2
 Yes 23 53.5 67.7
Wet shoes 0.0193 NS*
 No 17 27.0 43.6
 Yes 19 50.0 65.5
Task in Previous 3 Days
Harvest 0.0244 NS
 No 7 20.6 35.0
 Yes 29 43.3 60.4
Top tobacco 0.0079 0.0057
 No 22 28.6 43.1
 Yes 14 58.3 82.3
Barn or load tobacco 0.0250 NS
 No 18 50.0 62.1
 Yes 18 27.7 46.2
Housing
Spent after-work time in extremely hot house <0.0001 0.0464
 No 18 24.3 42.9
 Yes 18 66.7 69.2
*

NS: not significant