Table 3. Categories of those unacknowledged as victims of humidifier disinfectant.
| Health injury | Association of humidifier disinfectant-related health injuries | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Overall association | Strong association | Association | No association | |
| URI | 22 | 17 (77.3) | 10 (45.5) | 7 (31.8) | 5 (22.7) |
| Asthma | 18 | 17 (94.4) | 12 (66.6) | 5 (27.8) | 1 (5.6) |
| Respiratory symptom | 19 | 18 (94.7) | 3 (15.8) | 15 (78.9) | 1 (5.3) |
| Rhinitis | 12 | 9 (75.0) | 4 (33.3) | 5 (41.7) | 3 (25.0) |
| Pneumonia | 7 | 7 (100.0) | 7 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| ILD | 4 | 2 (50.0) | 2 (50.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (50.0) |
| COPD | 4 | 3 (75.0) | 2 (50.0) | 1 (25.0) | 1 (25.0) |
| Lung cancer | 4 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (100.0) |
| Tuberculosis | 3 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (100.0) |
| Bronchiectasis | 2 | 1 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (50.0) |
| Radiologic abnormality | 2 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (100.0) |
| NTM | 1 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100.0) |
| HP | 1 | 1 (100.0) | 1 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Other disease | 13 | 3 (23.1) | 3 (23.1) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (76.9) |
| No disease | 1 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100.0) |
| Total | 113 | 78 (69.0) | 45 (39.8) | 33 (29.2) | 35 (31.0) |
Values are presented as number (%).
URI: upper respiratory inflammation; ILD: interstitial lung disease; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; NTM: nontuberculous mycobacteria; HP: hypersensitivity pneumonitis.