Table 4.
Lung function among male coffee workers in Tanzania and Ethiopia.
Lung function variables | Tanzaniaa and Ethiopiab | ||||||
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Controls | Coffee workers |
Controls vs. coffee workers;
Independent t-test; |
Controls (0) vs. coffee workers (1);
Mixed effects modelc |
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n = 213 | n = 239 | p-value | B | 95%CI | p-value | ||
FEV1, L/s, AM (SD) | 3.45 (0.58) | 3.26 (0.60) | 0.001 | −0.26 | −0.38 | −0.15 | <0.001 |
FVC, L, AM (SD) | 4.12 (0.70) | 3.96 (0.65) | 0.013 | −0.21 | −0.35 | −0.08 | 0.002 |
FEV1/FVC, %, AM (SD) | 84.0 (6.0) | 82.4 (7.3) | 0.009 | −1.65 | −3.49 | 0.19 | 0.079 |