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Table 3 Subgroup Analysis Stratified by Independent Variables

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

Variables

Anxiety

Noise and Vibration Exposure

None

Vibration

Noise

Both

OR

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

Male

Age

  ≤ 39

1.00

2.30

(0.82

6.40)

1.86

(0.86

4.01)

2.74

(1.67

4.49)

 40–49

1.00

0.81

(0.27

2.44)

1.38

(0.69

2.76)

1.68

(1.09

2.59)

 50–59

1.00

1.28

(0.48

3.41)

1.77

(0.83

3.80)

2.60

(1.56

4.34)

  ≥ 60

1.00

1.46

(0.58

3.68)

1.31

(0.54

3.14)

2.16

(1.28

3.66)

Job collar

 White

1.00

1.84

(0.75

4.48)

1.93

(1.05

3.55)

2.16

(1.45

3.21)

 Blue

1.00

0.78

(0.32

1.90)

0.96

(0.39

2.36)

2.37

(1.47

3.80)

 Pink

1.00

2.10

(0.91

4.84)

1.74

(0.96

3.15)

2.14

(1.41

3.22)

Income

 Low

1.00

1.68

(0.62

4.53)

1.24

(0.47

3.23)

2.57

(1.49

4.44)

 Mid-low

1.00

1.38

(0.49

3.87)

2.87

(1.38

5.99)

2.57

(1.52

4.37)

 Mid-high

1.00

0.99

(0.32

3.01)

1.16

(0.53

2.56)

2.06

(1.26

3.35)

 High

1.00

1.49

(0.61

3.65)

1.26

(0.64

2.49)

1.99

(1.31

3.01)

Insomnia

 Yes

1.00

1.36

(0.59

3.13)

2.04

(1.08

3.87)

1.95

(1.26

3.01)

 No

1.00

1.46

(0.80

2.66)

1.57

(0.98

2.50)

2.47

(1.85

3.28)

Use of PPE

 Yes

1.00

0.74

(0.18

3.06)

2.51

(0.78

8.06)

3.01

(1.29

7.00)

 No

1.00

1.66

(0.97

2.83)

1.45

(0.97

2.18)

2.19

(1.70

2.82)

Female

Age

  ≤ 39

1.00

3.62

(1.46

8.96)

0.59

(0.26

1.35)

2.29

(1.52

3.46)

 40–49

1.00

1.05

(0.31

3.58)

1.74

(0.99

3.05)

1.78

(1.18

2.68)

 50–59

1.00

1.61

(0.68

3.77)

1.73

(1.04

2.88)

2.21

(1.57

3.11)

  ≥ 60

1.00

1.21

(0.51

2.84)

1.76

(0.96

3.21)

2.48

(1.70

3.62)

Job collar

 White

1.00

1.80

(0.52

6.17)

1.16

(0.64

2.08)

1.88

(1.30

2.72)

 Blue

1.00

1.18

(0.56

2.47)

0.82

(0.36

1.86)

1.81

(1.22

2.67)

 Pink

1.00

1.79

(0.91

3.51)

1.98

(1.35

2.59)

2.56

(1.95

3.35)

Income

 Low

1.00

1.16

(0.57

2.34)

1.12

(0.69

1.81)

2.15

(1.63

2.85)

 Mid-low

1.00

1.74

(0.74

4.05)

1.49

(0.88

2.50)

1.92

(1.36

2.72)

 Mid-high

1.00

2.48

(0.78

7.89)

2.42

(1.14

5.14)

2.63

(1.53

4.52)

 High

1.00

1.94

(0.51

7.27)

2.45

(1.18

5.40)

2.82

(1.61

4.93)

Insomnia

 Yes

1.00

2.29

(1.23

4.29)

1.33

(0.81

2.18)

2.08

(1.53

2.82)

 No

1.00

0.81

(0.38

1.69)

1.70

(1.19

2.42)

2.34

(1.85

2.96)

Use of PPE

 Yes

1.00

2.86

(1.14

7.20)

1.05

(0.33

3.35)

3.37

(1.85

6.13)

 No

1.00

1.29

(0.74

2.23)

1.52

(1.12

2.06)

2.05

(1.68

2.51)