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Published in final edited form as: Lancet Public Health. 2017 Oct 27;2(12):e560–e567. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(17)30194-9

Appendix 6.

Association of Individual Oil Spill Exposures and Mental Health Outcomes in Expanded and Restricted Study Sample (Workers Only)

Prevalence Ratio* (95% CI**)
Predictor Depression PTS
Final Analysis Sample
(N=6,134)
All Participants††
(N=7,576)
Final Analysis Sample
(N=6,284)
All Participants††
(N=7,788)
Exposure Effect Estimate
  TH exposure ≥ 3·0 ppm 1·44 (1·15, 1·81) 1·40 (1·15, 1·70) 2·61 (1·68, 4·05) 2·83 (1·93, 4·15)
  TH exposure 1·00 – 2·99 ppm 1·32 (1·06, 1·63) 1·29 (1·08, 1·54) 1·63 (1·05, 2·51) 1·77 (1·22, 2·58)
  TH exposure 0·3 – 0·99 ppm 1·31 (1·06, 1·60) 1·29 (1·09, 1·54) 1·29 (0·84, 1·98) 1·37 (0·94, 1·99)
  TH exposure < 0·3 ppm (reference) - - - -
Job type (N=6,215) (N=7,613) (N=6,366) (N=7,825)
  Response 1·44 (1·03, 2·00) 1·40 (1·09, 1·80) 1·70 (0·94, 3·06) 2·02 (1·25, 3·27)
  Operations 1·71 (1·23, 2·36) 1·60 (1·25, 2·05) 1·69 (0·94, 3·03) 2·07 (1·29, 3·34)
  Clean-up on water 1·36 (0·96, 1·91) 1·31 (1·01, 1·71) 0·91 (0·48, 1·75) 1·16 (0·68, 1·98)
  Decontamination 1·45 (1·05, 2·01) 1·41 (1·10, 1·80) 1·23 (0·68, 2·21) 1·37 (0·83, 2·23)
  Clean-up on land 1·32 (0·95, 1·85) 1·30 (1·01, 1·68) 0·92 (0·50, 1·72) 1·07 (0·63, 1·80)
  Support work (reference) - - - -
Burning/Flaring (N=6,215) (N=7,477) (N= 6,366) (N=7,685)
  Exposure to burning/flaring 1·07 (0·91, 1·26) 1·07 (0·92, 1·26) 1·37 (1·05, 1·80) 1·51 (1·18, 1·94)
  No exposure (reference) - - - -