Psychological Distress in Women with Chronic Bronchitis in a Fishing Community in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria

Table 3

Prevalence of anxiety and depression and the unadjusted odds ratio for the association between chronic bronchitis and psychological distress according to exposure level.

Exposure (hour-years)	Anxiety 𝑁=57 (%)	OR (95% CI)	𝑃	Depression 𝑁=51 (%)	OR (95% CI)	𝑃
<200 hour-years
Women with CB*	5 (14.7)	1.11 (0.4–3.1)	0.8	10 (29.4)	3.8 (1.6–9.0)	0.004
Women without CB	27 (13.4)			20 (10.0)
>200 hour-years
Women with CB	14 (48.3)	5.7 (2.2–15.0)	0.001	12 (41.4)	5.4 (2.0–15.0)	0.001
Women without CB	11 (14.1)			9 (11.5)

CB: chronic bronchitis.