Psychological Distress in Women with Chronic Bronchitis in a Fishing Community in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria
Table 1
Characteristics of women exposed to indoor air pollution from burning firewood.
Characteristic
Women with chronic bronchitis ()
Women without chronic bronchitis ( )
Analysis*
Age in years; mean (SD)
42.9 (8.8)
39.63 (8.9)
, df = 340,
Exposure in hour-years; mean (SEM)
210.2 (14.4)
155.4 (6.3)
, df = 340,
Education
None, no. (%)
8 (34.8)
15 (65.2)
, df = 2,
Primary
47 (18.1)
212 (81.9)
Secondary
8 (13.3)
52 (86.7)
Exposure in hour-years
34 (14.5)
201 (85.5)
, df = 1,
29 (27.1)
78 (72.9)
Sleeping room#
No
43 (15.9)
227 (84.1)
, df = 1,
Yes
20 (28.2)
51 (71.8)
Comparison of women with chronic bronchitis with women without chronic bronchitis; Likelihood ratio.
#Sleeping in the same room where the fish smoking was carried out. SD: standard deviation.