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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 13.
Published in final edited form as: Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2017 Jul 12;90(8):849–857. doi: 10.1007/s00420-017-1245-8

Table 2.

Solvent exposure duration categories

n %

Any solvents
 Never use 411 59.39
 Ever use 281 40.61

 Short duration (1–36 years) 143 20.66
 Long duration (>36 years) 138 19.94

Gasoline
 Never use 475 68.64
 Ever use 217 31.36

 Short duration (1–21 years) 111 16.04
 Long duration (>21 years) 106 15.32

Paint thinner
 Never use 616 89.02
 Ever use 76 10.98

 Short duration (1–17 years) 39 5.64
 Long duration (>17 years) 37 5.35

Petroleum distillates
 Never use 520 75.14
 Ever use 172 24.86

 Short duration (1–30.5 years) 84 12.14
 Long duration (>30.5 years) 88 12.72

Solvents in pesticides 72 10.40

Gasoline to cleana 278 40.17

Solvents to cleana 190 27.46

SD: Standard deviation

a

Missing values n<17