Research Article
Survey of Occupational Allergic Contact Dermatitis and Patch Test among Clothing Employees in Beijing
Table 1
Demographics and occupational characteristics of the 529 clothing employees.
| | Sewing workers | Ironing workers | Managers | Total | value |
| Number | = 300 | = 72 | = 157 | = 529 | — | Mean age (years; M ± SD) | 33.3 ± 8.5 | 35.8 ± 7.8 | 34.2 ± 9.3 | 33.92 ± 8.7 | — | Median (range) | 32 (16–57) | 35 (20–50) | 33 (17–56) | 33 (16–57) | 0.062 | (% of females) | 137 (45.7%) | 31 (43.1%) | 63 (40.1%) | 231 (43.7%) | 0.523 | Mean duration of work (years) | 10.7 ± 7.0 | 11.9 ± 6.5 | 10.5 ± 7.3 | 10.8 ± 7 | — | Median (range) | 10 (1–30) | 10 (1–28) | 10 (1–30) | 10 (1–30) | 0.204 | Mean working hours per day | 13.9 ± 1.2 | 13.5 ± 1.3 | 11.8 ± 1.6 | 13.2 ± 1.6 | — | Median (range) | 14 (10–16) | 14 (10–16) | 12 (10–16) | 14 (10–16) | <0.001 |
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Chi-square test. Kruskal–Wallis test. Difference between occupational groups is significant ().
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