Table 4 Adjusted ORs* and 95% CIs for triggers of hand injury using three control sampling strategies in southeastern United States commercial fishermen (n = 46), 1999–2001
Uni-directional 1:1 previous interview period OR (95% CI)CLRBi-directional 1:5 randomly selected interview periods OR (95% CI)CLRBi-directional 1:all interview periods OR (95% CI)CLR
Maintenance work vs none2.2 (0.9 to 5.3)5.93.7 (1.9 to 7.1)3.73.1 (1.8 to 5.5)3.1
Glove use vs none0.8 (0.3 to 2.0)6.10.6 (0.3 to 1.3)4.40.9 (0.5 to 1.7)3.7
Joint pain vs none0.7 (0.1 to 3.7)28.40.6 (0.2 to 2.3)14.71.0 (0.3 to 3.3)10.6
Fishing gear >1 vs < = 12.0 (0.6 to 6.5)10.32.9 (1.3 to 6.9)5.51.9 (0.9 to 3.8)4.0
Atlantic ocean vs other location0.8 (0.1 to 4.5)32.91.5 (0.5 to 4.7)10.11.0 (0.4 to 3.0)8.2
  • *Modelled with conditional logistic regression using proportional hazards regression.

  • CI, confidence interval; CLR, confidence limit ratio calculated as the upper confidence limit divided by the lower confidence limit25; OR, odds ratio.