Analysis of Prevalence and Risk Factors of Contact Sensitization with respect to the Occupational Profiles in a Greek Patient Cohort: A Retrospective Analysis of a Greek Referral Centre and Future Perspectives

Table 2

Frequencies of the top-15 allergens of the EBS. Frequencies are presented in descending order calculated with respect to the BlC population (), for the total population as well as with respect to gender.

	Blue collars ()
	All blue collars			Males ()			Females ()
	Absolute frequency	total population	blue collar population	Absolute frequency	total population	male blue collar population	Absolute frequency	total population	female blue collar population
Nickel sulphate 5%	145	7.33%	23.58%	21	1.06%	13.46%	124	6.27%	27.02%
Fragrance mix (I) 8%	79	3.99%	12.85%	13	0.66%	8.33%	66	3.34%	14.38%
Balsam of Peru 25%	48	2.43%	7.80%	16	0.81%	10.26%	32	1.62%	6.97%
Potassium dichromate 0.5%	44	2.22%	7.15%	25	1.26%	16.03%	19	0.96%	4.14%
Cobalt chloride 1%	41	2.07%	6.67%	20	1.01%	12.82%	21	1.06%	4.58%
Paraphenylenediamine 1%	40	2.02%	6.50%	11	0.56%	7.05%	29	1.47%	6.32%
Ethylenediamine 1%	31	1.57%	5.04%	12	0.61%	7.69%	19	0.96%	4.14%
Thiomersal 0.1%	28	1.42%	4.55%	13	0.66%	8.33%	15	0.76%	3.27%
Thiuram mix 1%	26	1.31%	4.23%	13	0.66%	8.33%	13	0.66%	2.83%
Budesonide 0.01%	17	0.86%	2.76%	6	0.30%	3.85%	11	0.56%	2.40%
Formaldehyde 2%	15	0.76%	2.44%	5	0.25%	3.21%	10	0.51%	2.18%
Colophony 20%	14	0.71%	2.28%	3	0.15%	1.92%	11	0.56%	2.40%
CMIT	13	0.66%	2.11%	5	0.25%	3.21%	8	0.40%	1.74%
Neomycin sulphate 20%	13	0.66%	2.11%	3	0.15%	1.92%	10	0.51%	2.18%
Wool alcohols 30%	9	0.46%	1.46%	4	0.20%	2.56%	5	0.25%	1.09%