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Table 2 Associations between Anxiety and Subject Demographics

From: Association between occupational noise and vibration and anxiety in the South Korean working population: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Anxiety

Male

 

Female

OR

95% CI

 

OR

95% CI

Noise and Vibration exposure

 No exposure

1.00

    

1.00

   

 Vibration exposure

1.31

(0.80

2.14)

 

1.51

(0.96

2.39)

 Noise exposure

1.55

(1.06

2.27)

 

1.50

(1.12

2.01)

 Noise and Vibration exposure

2.25

(1.77

2.87)

 

2.17

(1.79

2.61)

Age

  ≤ 39

1.00

    

1.00

   

 40–49

1.52

(1.17

1.96)

 

0.74

(0.57

0.97)

 50–59

1.40

(1.06

1.84)

 

0.92

(0.70

1.20)

  ≥ 60

0.76

(0.54

1.08)

 

0.96

(0.68

1.37)

Education level

 Middle school or lower

1.08

(0.76

1.55)

 

0.78

(0.55

1.12)

 High school

0.83

(0.65

1.04)

 

0.93

(0.73

1.18)

 University and higher

1.00

    

1.00

   

Job collar

 White

1.00

    

1.00

   

 Blue

0.53

(0.41

0.70)

 

0.70

(0.51

0.95)

 Pink

1.18

(0.91

1.53)

 

1.17

(0.91

1.50)

Income

 Low

1.49

(1.08

2.05)

 

0.82

(0.61

1.09)

 Mid-low

0.93

(0.72

1.20)

 

0.52

(0.40

0.68)

 Mid-high

0.80

(0.63

1.01)

 

0.61

(0.45

0.83)

 High

1.00

    

1.00

   

Fatigue

 Yes

7.23

(5.90

8.85)

 

8.04

(6.64

9.75)

 No

1.00

    

1.00

   

Hearing problem

 Yes

2.45

(1.73

3.40)

 

2.02

(1.38

2.96)

 No

1.00

    

1.00

   

Headache/Eye strain

 Yes

3.74

(3.12

4.47)

 

3.17

(2.69

3.73)

 No

1.00

    

1.00

   

Insomnia

 Yes

2.09

(1.73

2.52)

 

2.51

(2.13

2.95)

 No

1.00

    

1.00

   

Use of PPE

 Yes

1.00

    

1.00

   

 No

1.37

(1.12

1.67)

 

1.44

(1.17

1.77)

Work hour (hours)

  ≤ 40

1.00

    

1.00

   

 41–50

1.35

(1.10

1.66)

 

0.75

(0.61

0.93)

 51–60

1.00

(0.77

1.28)

 

1.01

(0.80

1.27)

  ≥ 61

1.22

(0.91

1.63)

 

1.23

(0.93

1.62)

Work duration (years)

  ≤ 5

1.00

    

1.00

   

 5–10

0.98

(0.79

1.23)

 

0.97

(0.80

1.18)

  ≥ 10

0.78

(0.62

0.98)

 

0.89

(0.72

1.10)