Table 5.
Pain and muscular symptoms of non-skeletal fluorosis in a 6-month eggshell powder intervention between intervention and control groups.
| Pain and Muscular Symptoms § of Non-Skeletal Fluorosis, N (%) | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Back Pain | Leg Joints Pain | Arm JointPain | Neck Pain with Movement | Tingling, Hands and Feet | Muscle Weakness | Abdominal Pain | |||||||||
| Group | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | |
| Baseline | IG (n = 39) | 30 (76.9) | 9 (23.1) | 27 (69.2) | 12 (30.8) | 21 (53.8) | 18 (46.2) | 20 (51.3) | 19 (48.7) | 27 (69.2) | 12 (30.8) | 25 (64.1) | 14 (35.9) | 22 (56.4) | 17 (43.6) |
| CG (n = 39) | 26 (66.7) | 13 (33.3) | 23 (59.0) | 16 (41.0) | 16 (41.0) | 23 (59.0) | 22 (56.4) | 17 (43.6) | 28 (71.8) | 11 (28.2) | 24 (61.5) | 15 (38.5) | 24 (61.5) | 15 (38.5) | |
| RR (95%CI) | 1.15 (0.87, 2.53) | 1.17 (0.84, 1.64) | 1.31 (0.82, 2.11) | 0.91 (0.60, 1.37) | 0.96 (0.72, 1.28) | 1.04 (0.74, 1.47) | 0.92 (0.63, 1.33) | ||||||||
| Endline | IG (n = 39) | 17 (43.6) | 22 (56.4) | 9 (23.1) | 30 (76.9) | 5 (12.8) | 34 (87.2) | 3 (7.7) | 36 (92.3) | 5 (12.8) | 34 (87.2) | 8 (20.5) | 31 (79.5) | 8 (20.5) | 31 (79.5) |
| CG (n = 39) | 29 (74.4) | 10 (25.6) | 27 (69.2) | 12 (30.8) | 21 (53.8) | 18 (46.2) | 18 (46.2) | 21 (53.8) | 20 (51.3) | 19 (48.7) | 26 (66.7) | 13 (33.3) | 27 (69.2) | 12 (30.8) | |
| RR (95%CI) | 0.59 (0.39, 0.88) * | 0.33 (0.18, 0.61) * | 0.24 (0.10, 0.57) * | 0.17 (0.05, 0.52) * | 0.25 (0.10, 0.60) * | 0.31 (0.16, 0.59) * | 0.30 (0.15, 0.57) * | ||||||||
§ Testing was done according to Shashi et al. [22]; * Statistically significant association observed at p-value < 0.05. IG = Intervention group, CG = Control group.