Complaint | Ever experienced complaints during work (n) | Still experiencing complaints at the time of anamnesis (n) | |||||||
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Moderate to high styrene exposure 1982–9 | Controls CG (n=64) | Low current exposure (n=27) | Exposure ended 3 years ago (n=90) | Controls (n=64) | |||||
Current exposure (n=27) | Former exposure (n=90) | Current+former exposure (n=117) | |||||||
Irritability | 4 (15) | 24 (27) | 28 (24)2-160 | 4 (6) | 3 (11) | 3 (3) | 4 (6) | ||
Fatigue in the evening | 12 (44) | 47 (52) | 59 (50)2-160 | 9 (14) | 8 (30)2-150 | 5 (6) | 8 (13) | ||
Headache | 0 (0)2-152 | 13 (14) | 13 (11)2-160 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (3) | 0 (0) | ||
Common colds | 5 (19) | 13 (14) | 18 (15)2-160 | 1 (2) | 5 (19)2-160 | 4 (3) | 0 (0) | ||
Sleeping difficulties | 7 (26) | 14 (16) | 21 (18)+ | 5 (8) | 6 (22)2-150 | 2 (2) | 4 (6) | ||
Alcohol intolerance | 1 (4) | 15 (17) | 16 (14)2-160 | 0 (0) | 1 (4) | 3 (3) | 0 (0) | ||
Diminished endurance | 1 (4) | 12 (13) | 13 (11)2-160 | 0 (0) | 1 (4) | 5 (6)+ | 0 (0) | ||
Diminished memory | 0 (0) | 12 (13) | 12 (10)2-150 | 1 (2) | 0 (0) | 3 (3) | 0 (0) | ||
Imbalance | 1 (4) | 7 (8) | 8 (7)+ | 0 (0) | 1 (4) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | ||
Diminished smell | 2 (7) | 14 (16) | 16 (14)2-160 | 0 (0) | 2 (7)+ | 10 (11)2-160 | 0 (0) | ||
Morning fatigue | 0 (0) | 4 (4) | 4 (3) | 2 (3) | 0 (0) | 3 (3) | 2 (3) | ||
Anorexia | 0 (0) | 6 (7) | 6 (5) | 2 (3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (2) | ||
Pyrosis | 2 (7) | 12 (13) | 14 (12) | 6 (9) | 1 (7) | 4 (3) | 3 (5) | ||
Other complaints2-151 | 4 (15)2-152 | 34 (38) | 38 (32) | 10 (16) | 4 (15) | 9 (10) | 4 (6) |