Respiratory Health Effects Associated with Restoration Work in Post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans

Table 3

Respiratory symptoms and conditions in the study cohort with restoration work by smoking status, post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans, 2005–2010.

Smoking; status	Univariate prevalence rate ratio (PRR): any restoration work versus none; (95% confidence interval)
	Fever and cough	New onset; sinus symptoms	Pneumonia	New onset asthma	Dyspnea	COPD	FEV1 below LLN	FVC below LLN	FEV1/FVC below LLN
Current smokers	1.3; (0.8, 2.1); n = 210	1.1; (0.8, 1.6); n = 144	0.9; (0.3, 3.2); n = 214	1.0; (0.1, 9.1); n = 172	1.3; (0.8, 2.0); n = 215	2.8; (0.7, 11.6); n = 203	1.5; (0.6, 3.8); n = 203	1.2; (0.5, 3.0); n = 203	2.5; (0.6, 10.4); n = 203
Ex- & never smokers	2.0*; (1.3, 3.0); n = 557	1.4*; (1.1, 1.9); n = 354	1.6; (0.5, 5.4); n = 563	2.7; (0.8, 8.8); n = 461	1.2; (0.9, 1.5); n = 567	0.5; (0.2, 1.1); n = 554	0.7; (0.4, 1.3); n = 554	0.8; (0.5, 1.4); n = 554	0.6; (0.3, 1.4); n = 554
Overall	1.7*; (1.3, 2.4); n = 767	1.3*; (1.1, 1.7); n = 498	1.3; (0.5, 3.2); n = 777	2.2; (0.8, 6.2); n = 633	1.2; (1.0, 1.5); n = 782	0.9; (0.5, 1.8); n = 757	0.9; (0.6, 1.5); n = 757	0.9; (0.6, 1.4); n = 757	0.9; (0.5, 1.9); n = 757

* P < 0.05.
PRR: prevalence rate ratio; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; LLN: lower limit of normal.