Table 6 Health fees exemptions of 235 workersa compared to the exemptions of the provincial population
From: Health status of male steel workers at an electric arc furnace (EAF) in Trentino, Italy
Workers (n = 235) | Province of Trento (PT) (n. of male population ≥ 20 years = 203332) | PT, Adjusted for age (Mantel Haenszel) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Diseases | n. of cases | n. of cases | RR | P | RR | 95 % CI |
Tumours | 12 | 9655 | 1.08 | 0.7580 | 1.19 | 0.69–2.04 |
Cardiovascular Diseases | 5 | 8676 | 1.50 | 0.1067 | 1.74 | 1.07–2.82 |
Diabetes | 25 | 9630 | 2.24 | 0.0002 | 2.39 | 1.67–3.41 |
Rheumatoid Arthritis | 3 | 420 | 6.18 | 0.0133 | 6.17 | 2.00–19.02 |
Asthma | 2 | 1968 | 0.88 | 1.0000 | 1.08 | 0.27–4.31 |
Non-complicated Hypertension | 30 | 11655 | 2.23 | 0.0001 | 2.44 | 1.75–3.40 |
Complicated Hypertension | 14 | 6033 | 2.01 | 0.0181 | 2.22 | 1.35–3.65 |