Average symptom ratings during exposure to 150 ppm 2-propanol (2P)*
| 60 min from start of exposure | 118 min from start of exposure | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women (n=28) | Men (n=28) | Women (n=28) | Men (n=28) | |||||||||||
| Question | Clean air | 2P | p value, 2P v clean air† | Clean air | 2P | p value, 2P v clean air† | p value, women v men‡ | Clean air | 2P | p value, 2P v clean air† | Clean air | 2P | p value, 2P v clean air† | p value, women v men‡ |
| *Ratings in mm on a 0–100 mm visual analogue scale (VAS). | ||||||||||||||
| †Wilcoxon signed rank test, p value only given when <0.1. | ||||||||||||||
| ‡Mann-Whitney U test, p value only given when <0.1. | ||||||||||||||
| Discomfort in the eyes | 3.6 | 10.2 | 0.01 | 3 | 5.6 | – | – | 5.8 | 8.1 | – | 2.8 | 6.1 | 0.01 | – |
| Discomfort in the nose | 3.6 | 11.5 | 0.001 | 2.8 | 7.5 | 0.03 | – | 3.7 | 10.5 | 0.004 | 2.5 | 7.1 | 0.0006 | – |
| Discomfort in the throat or airways | 5.9 | 13.9 | 0.004 | 3.4 | 4.5 | – | 0.04 | 7.6 | 10 | – | 2.7 | 5.9 | 0.03 | – |
| Breathing difficulty | 3.6 | 7.8 | 0.004 | 1.8 | 2.7 | – | 0.08 | 2.3 | 6.1 | 0.09 | 1.2 | 1.8 | – | – |
| Solvent smell | 4.5 | 58.8 | <0.0001 | 1.9 | 48.8 | <0.0001 | – | 2.5 | 50.8 | <0.0001 | 1.2 | 43.3 | <0.0001 | 0.08 |
| Headache | 4.3 | 7.6 | 0.02 | 2.2 | 5.9 | 0.04 | – | 4.9 | 7.9 | 0.06 | 2.6 | 6 | 0.04 | – |
| Fatigue | 20.4 | 22.7 | – | 8 | 12.7 | – | 0.02 | 19.8 | 24.1 | – | 12.3 | 14.2 | – | 0.04 |
| Nausea | 2.2 | 2.2 | – | 1.4 | 3.7 | – | – | 1.9 | 2.7 | 0.08 | 0.9 | 2 | 0.03 | – |
| Dizziness | 2.8 | 3.4 | – | 2 | 4.6 | – | – | 2.4 | 4.2 | 0.05 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 0.01 | – |
| Feeling of intoxication | 1.3 | 4.4 | 0.06 | 1.4 | 3.9 | – | – | 1.5 | 3.7 | 0.03 | 1.2 | 1.6 | – | – |