Characteristics of incinerator workers and control workers at the three areas
| A | B | C | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Incinerator workers | Controls | Incinerator workers | Controls | Incinerator workers | Controls | ||||||
| Workers (n) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | |||||
| Age (y, mean (SD)) | 50.4 (5.4) | 52.5 (4.0) | 47.8 (4.4) | 48.2 (5.5) | 45.4 (3.4) | 43.9 (4.2) | |||||
| Employment duration at incineration plant (y, mean (SD)) | 22.0 (5.9) | 0 | 23.6 (3.3) | 0 | 24.5 (3.0) | 0 | |||||
| Previous job with potential for dioxin exposure in agriculture (workers, n) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Dietary habit (times/week, mean (SD)): | |||||||||||
| Fish | 6.7 (3.4) | 6.7 (2.9) | 7.4 (3.4) | 9.3 (3.5) | 7.2 (3.6) | 6.8 (3.6) | |||||
| Meat | 6.6 (3.0)1-150 | 3.9 (1.8) | 6.1 (3.8) | 6.5 (3.0) | 7.5 (4.1) | 6.5 (1.4) | |||||
| Milk | 6.3 (4.8) | 3.0 (2.2) | 4.3 (4.1) | 5.6 (4.4) | 6.1 (4.9) | 2.7 (2.9) | |||||
| Current smoking habit: | |||||||||||
| Non-smokers (workers, n) | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | |||||
| Smokers (workers, n) | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | |||||
| Brinkman index (cigarettes/day×y, mean (SD)) | 1038 (242) | 895 (405) | 700 (520) | 570 (140) | 690 (320) | 730 (429) | |||||
| Distance from municipal incinaration plant to residence (workers, n): | |||||||||||
| <5 km | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | |||||
| ⩾5 km | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Body mass index (kg/m2, mean (SD)) | 23.5 (3.3) | 23.2 (2.9) | 23.3 (3.4) | 25.5 (2.3) | 22.7 (3.0) | 25.6 (3.7) | |||||
↵1-150 p<0.05.