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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Dec 22.
Published in final edited form as: Workplace Health Saf. 2020 Dec 24;69(7):315–322. doi: 10.1177/2165079920976524

Table 3.

The effect of cooling interventions among agricultural workers on the self-report of one or more heat-related symptoms during the workday, n=74

Unadjusted Adjusted for single covariate
BMI Heat Index Max Years worked in agriculture Hours worked per day Moderate-vigorous activity
Cooling Intervention (ref=No intervention) OR [90%CI]
 Bandana 0.4 [0.2, 1.3] 0.4 [0.2,1.4] 0.4 [0.1, 1.5] 0.4 [0.1, 1.4] 0.4 [0.1, 1.2] 0.7 [0.2, 2.4]
 Vest 0.6 [0.2, 1.8] 0.5 [0.2, 1.8] 0.5 [0.2, 1.7] 0.5 [0.2, 1.7] 0.4 [0.1, 1.5] 0.8 [0.2, 2.8]
 Combination 0.2 [0.1, 0.8] 0.2 [0.1, 0.7] 0.3 [0.1, 1.0] 0.2 [0.1, 0.8] 0.2 [0.1, 0.7] 0.3 [0.1, 1.2]

Note. OR= odds ratio; CI= confidence interval. The outcome is “during the workday, participant self-reported one or more heatrelated symptom, yes/no”. Odds ratios <1 suggest a protective effect of the intervention.