Prevalent Health Problems among Nepalese Underground Construction Workers
Table 2
Chi-square test, correlation, and odds ratio analysis (multipurpose analysis) of health problems among the inside tunnel workers and outside tunnel workers.
S.N
Disease
Frequency/percentage within group
Chi-square
Correlation
Odds ratio
Inside tunnel
Outside tunnel
Value
value
Value
value
Value
value
95% C.I.
Lower
Upper
1
URTI
65/30.1
47/25.8
0.89
0.35
0.047
0.347
1.236
0.346
0.795
1.922
2
Injuries
52/24.1
42/15.4
4.644
0.031
0.108
0.031
1
0.032
1.048
2.902
3
APD
14/46.5
16/8.8
0.756
0.385
−0.044
0.386
0.719
0.386
0.341
1.516
4
Hypertension
30/13.9
9/4.9
8.939
0.003
0.15
0.003
3.1
0.004
1.431
6.717
5
Cutaneous fungal infection
12/5.6
17/9.3
2.095
0.148
−0.073
0.149
0.571
0.152
0.265
1.229
6
Malabsorption
12/5.6
9/4.9
0.074
0.786
0.014
0.787
1.131
0.786
0.465
2.747
7
Acute gastroenteritis
8/3.7
18/9.9
6.191
0.013
−0.125
0.013
0.350
0.017
0.149
0.826
8
Foreign body eye/ear
11/5.1
15/8.2
1.604
0.205
−0.063
0.206
0.597
0.209
0.267
1.335
9
Dermatitis
9/4.2
12/6.6
1.164
0.281
−0.054
0.282
0.616
0.285
0.254
1.497
10
Refractive error of the eye
24/11.1
10/5.5
3.988
0.046
0.1
0.046
2.15
0.05
1.00
4.624
11
Other
13/6.0
15/8.2
0.746
0.388
−0.043
0.389
0.713
0.389
0.33
1.540
∗Bold numbers indicate significant findings with a value ≤0.05.
