Table 5.
Mortality Risk for Sarcoidosis in Certain Occupational Exposures Comparing Different Sex and Race
| Variable | Sarcoidosis-Related |
Sarcoidosis-UCD |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex (Female/Male)a | Race (Black/White)b | Sex (Female/Male)a | Race (Black/White)b | |
| Lumber | NS | NS | NS | NS |
| Metal | 2.99 (2.08-4.29) | 10.57 (7.87-14.20) | 2.68 (1.53-4.72) | 12.41 (7.94-19.40) |
| Agri | NS | 3.01 (1.73-5.21) | NS | 3.78 (1.66-8.63) |
| Fire | NS | NS | NS | NS |
| Silica | 2.31 (1.30-4.10) | 4.32 (3.01-6.20) | NS | NS |
| Health | 1.92 (1.30-2.83) | 9.36 (7.03-12.46) | 2.14 (1.22-3.76) | 9.81 (6.49-14.83) |
| Child | 0.28 (0.09-0.91) | 10.73 (2.42-47.61) | NS | 8.75 (1.05-73.18) |
| Teach | 1.80 (1.20-2.70) | 9.37 (6.69-13.11) | 2.06 (1.12-3.77) | 11.38 (6.88-18.84) |
| Animal | NS | 3.17 (1.85-5.45) | NS | 4.11 (1.85-9.13) |
| College | NS | 8.51 (2.68-26.99) | NS | 13.45 (1.93-93.81) |
| Organic | 2.85 (2.22-3.65) | 7.64 (6.11-9.55) | 2.56 (1.81-3.63) | 9.93 (7.17-13.77) |
| Mechanic | NS | 8.11 (4.72-13.92) | NS | 13.66 (5.98-31.17) |
| Mold | 1.62 (1.11-2.38) | 5.52 (3.58-8.61) | NS | 8.27 (4.15-16.47) |
| Military | NS | 19.70 (8.35-46.48) | NS | 17.67 (5.65-55.33) |
| NS | NS | NS | NS | |
| Rad | 3.73 (1.31-10.66) | 18.11 (7.03-46.66) | 31.3 (5.70-172.02) | |
| Bird | NS | NS | NS | NS |
| Sale | 2.11 (1.47-3.02) | 7.65 (5.14-11.40) | 2.72 (1.513-4.89) | 12.06 (6.62-21.97) |
| Bank | 7.75 (1.05-57.19) | 16.54 (7.45-36.73) | NS | 14.04 (4.73-41.66) |
| Admin | 3.86 (1.97-7.57) | 11.37 (8.18-15.80) | 3.46 (1.40-8.59) | 16.71 (10.27-27.20) |