Table 3.

Characteristic of occupational eye trauma occurring in agricultural workers compared to that reported from other economic sectors. Odds Ratios (OR) and respective 95% Confidence Intervals (95%CI) were calculated through a multivariate analysis that included demographic factors and characteristics of the event that, at univariate analysis, had a p value < 0.05.

	Agriculture N/748, %	Other Economic Sectors N/4317, %	Chi squared P value	OR (95%CI)
Gender
Males	692, 92.5%	3962, 91.8%	0.496	-
Females	56, 7.5%	355, 8.2%		-
Age group (years)
15-24	44, 5.9%	648, 15.0%	<0.001	0.579 (0.388; 0.863)
25-39	212, 28.3%	1908, 44.2%		-
40-54	269, 35.9%	1420, 32.9%		1.457 (1.154; 1.840)
55-64	162, 21.7%	328, 7.6%		3.749 (2.819; 4.985)
≥ 65	61, 8.2%	13, 0.3%		23.762 (11.422; 49.435)
Migration background
Italian-born	667, 89.2%	3245, 75.2%	<0.001	2.435 (1.796; 3.303)
Foreign-born	81, 10.8%	1072, 24.8%		-
Eye involvement
Right	356, 47.6%	2134, 49.4%	0.249	-
Left	390, 52.1%	2154, 49.9%		-
Bilateral	2, 0.3%	29, 0.7%		-
Day of the week
Monday to Friday	637, 85.2%	4082, 94.6%	<0.001	0.364 (0.260; 0.511)
Weekend	111, 14.8%	235, 5.4%		-
Holiday	32, 4.3%	51, 1.2%	<0.001	2.430 (1.249; 4.725)
Calendar month
April to September	335, 44.8%	2089, 48.4%	0.069	-
October to March	413, 55.2%	2228, 51.6%		-
Hour of the day
06:00 to 12:00	340, 45.4%	1805, 41.8%	0.048	0.960 (0.787; 1.171)
12:00 to 18:00	378, 50.6%	2236, 51.8%		-
18:00 to 06:00	30, 4.0%	276, 6.4%		0.510 (0.312; 0.836)
Diagnoses
Foreign Bodies	248, 33.2%	2305, 53.4%	<0.001	-
Contusions	232, 31.0%	871, 20.2%		2.042 (1.602; 2.602)
Lacerations	245, 32.8%	768, 17.8%		2.386 (1.877; 3.033)
Chemicals, gas, vapours, etc	22, 2.9%	324, 7.5%		0.478 (0.279; 0.817)
Other	1, 0.1%	49, 1.1%		0.175 (0.024; 1.307)
Outcome
Residual visual loss, any	44, 5.9%	116, 2.7%	<0.001	1.175 (0.667; 2.070)
Residual visual loss >4/20	16, 2.1%	52, 1.2%	0.040	1.068 (0.449; 2.540)
Recurring events	65, 8.7%	292, 6.8%	0.057	-