Flight attendants (FA) (n = 1824) | Teachers (T) (n = 331) | NHANES III | p value | |||
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Working women (C) (n = 2786)* | FA v T | FA v C | T v C | |||
SE, standard error. | ||||||
GM (GSE), geometric mean (geometric standard error). | ||||||
Wheezing/whistling in the chest (%) | ||||||
All | 22.8 | 28.4 | 16.4 (SE 0.9) | 0.03 | <0.005 | <0.005 |
Never smoker | 20.6 | 24.9 | 10.6 (SE 0.9) | 0.15 | <0.005 | <0.005 |
Ex-smoker | 26.4 | 29.5 | 14.3 (SE 2.7) | 0.58 | <0.005 | 0.01 |
Smoker | 31.9 | 50.0 | 29.6 (SE 2.2) | 0.05 | 0.58 | 0.02 |
Number of episodes of wheezing/whistling in the chest (GM (GSE)) | ||||||
All | 2.7 (1.1) | 4.0 (1.1) | 3.3 (1.1) | <0.005 | 0.12 | 0.28 |
Never smoker | 2.7 (1.1) | 4.0 (1.2) | 2.3 (1.2) | <0.005 | 0.64 | 0.01 |
Ex-smoker | 2.8 (1.1) | 3.7 (1.3) | 3.7 (1.3) | 0.36 | 0.44 | 0.99 |
Current smoker | 2.8 (1.1) | 3.9 (1.4) | 4.0 (1.2) | 0.15 | 0.10 | 0.82 |