Research Article

Occupational Health Risk of Waste Pickers: A Case Study of Northern Region of South Africa

Table 3

The association between landfill exposure and mental health disorders.

FactorBCrude ORa (95% CI)Adjusted ORb (95% CI) value

Landfill exposure0.5661.633 (1.032, 3.288)1.733 (1.069, 2.755)0.041
Mental health disorder1.2202.631 (1.164, 4.877)1.540 (1.252, 5.664)0.003

aSimple logistic regression. bMultiple logistic regression. Statistically significant (0.05).