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. 2006 Dec 19;12(1):100–103. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2006.00949.x

Table 1.

Characteristics and health status of 203 HCWs investigated at the Sao Paulo Hospital

Characteristics Cases (%)
Median age, years (range)  36 (18–68)
Female gender 152 (73.9)
Smoker  50 (24.6)
Exposure to children (<5 years)  80 (39.4)
Patient contact  98 (48.3)
Health status
 No comorbidities 116 (57.1)
 Rhinitis/sinusitis  54 (26.6)
 Asthma   6 (3.0)
 Others lung diseases   6 (3.0)
 Diabetes mellitus   4 (2.0)
 Hypertension  30 (14.8)
 Cardiovascular disease   3 (1.5)
 Hypothyroidism   1 (0.5)
 Anaemia   1 (0.5)

HCWs, health‐care workers.