BioMed Research International / 2016 / Article / Tab 3 / Research Article
Health Issues of Primary School Students Residing in Proximity of an Oil Terminal with Environmental Exposure to Volatile Organic Compounds Table 3 Days absent due to respiratory syndromes: estimation of mean ratios (MR) by tertiles of selected profiles through the negative binomial regression model.
Sore throat Cough Cold Mean (SD) MR (95% CI) value trendMean (SD) MR (95% CI) value trendMean (SD) MR (95% CI) value trendB0/E <0.85 0.04 (0.27) Ref. 0.090 0.85–1.01 0.16 (0.64) 5.0 (1.3–18.9) >1.01 0.15 (0.61) 3.3 (0.9–12.2) T0/E <5.94 0.05 (0.31) Ref. 0.821 5.94–7.12 0.20 (0.95) 4.8 (1.1–21.7) >7.12 0.02 (0.13) 0.4 (0.1–2.6) T5/E <0.08 0.04 (0.27) Ref. 0.016 0.06 (0.43) Ref. 0.087 0.08–0.14 0.11 (0.49) 3.1 (0.8–11.8) 0.04 (0.31) 0.8 (0.2–3.4) >0.14 0.19 (0.74) 4.9 (1.4–17.6) 0.18 (0.60) 5.4 (1.3–21.8) T12/E <0.06 0.06–0.11 >0.11 T24/E <0.07 0.04 (0.27) Ref. 0.002 0.05 (0.31) Ref. 0.056 0.06 (0.43) Ref. 0.092 0.07–0.18 0.06 (0.30) 1.6 (0.4–6.2) 0.02 (0.19) 0.3 (0.0–2.2) 0.02 (0.13) 0.3 (0.1–1.5) >0.18 0.24 (0.82) 6.5 (1.9–21.8) 0.20 (0.94) 5.7 (1.2–26.9) 0.20 (0.65) 3.1 (1.1–9.2) X0/E <2.76 0.06 (0.43) Ref. 0.114 2.76–2.79 0.05 (0.32) 1.0 (0.2–4.2) >2.79 0.17 (0.59) 4.9 (1.2–20.0) X1/E <1.24 0.04 (0.27) Ref. 0.269 1.24–1.26 0.21 (0.75) 6.4 (1.8–23.0) >1.26 0.09 (0.48) 2.1 (0.5–8.0) X14/E <1.35 0.04 (0.26) Ref. 0.003 0.01 (0.12) Ref. 0.005 0.01 (0.12) Ref. 0.001 1.35–2.95 0.06 (0.32) 1.8 (0.4–7.7) 0.07 (0.38) 4.5 (0.6–33.3) 0.08 (0.50) 5.8 (1.0–32.8) >2.95 0.22 (0.78) 6.1 (1.7–21.2) 0.18 (0.88) 15.9 (2.2–115.1) 0.18 (0.62) 13.3 (2.5–69.6) X22/E <0.12 0.04 (0.27) Ref. 0.002 0.05 (0.31) Ref. 0.055 0.12–0.15 0.06 (0.30) 1.6 (0.4–6.2) 0.03 (0.21) 0.5 (0.1–3.0) >0.15 0.24 (0.82) 6.5 (1.9–21.9) 0.19 (0.94) 5.1 (1.1–24.2)
Bold values indicate statistically significant.