Gastrointestinal symptoms and atopic diseases of waste workers and their families as reported by the workers
| Biowaste collectors n=53 |
Compost workers n=58 | Control subjects n=40 | ||
| Nausea (787.01) | 0 | 4 | p=0.14 | 0 |
| Vomiting (787.03) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Diarrhoea (787.9) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gastrointestinal symptoms (combined) | 0 | 4 | p=0.14 | 0 |
| Rhinitis allergica (477.9) | 14 | 2 | p=0.003 | 10 |
| Extrinsic asthma (493.0) | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Atopic diseases in family | 16 | 3 | p=0.05 | 8 |
p Values are calculated v the control group with Fisher's exact test, two sided.