Description of the population
| Men | Women | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reference population | Hospital workers | Reference population | Hospital workers | |
| n | 212 | 43 | 333 | 136 |
| Age, m (SD), years | 43.0 (16.8) | 48.3 (15.5) | 44.8 (15.5) | 45.9 (13.7) |
| Current asthma, % | 44.8 | 39.5 | 33.3 | 31.6 |
| Smoking habits, % | ||||
| No smoker | 43.4 | 44.2 | 59.8 | 56.6 |
| Ex-smoker | 27.8 | 30.2 | 22.8 | 26.5 |
| Current smoker | 28.8 | 25.6 | 17.4 | 16.9 |
| BMI>25 kg/m2, % | 40.0 | 38.1 | 35.1 | 21.5** |
| Self-report: exposed to cleaning/disinfecting tasks, % | – | 80.0† | – | 87.5‡ |
| Expert assessment: exposed to cleaning/disinfecting tasks, % | – | 55.0† | – | 80.9 |
| Asthma JEM: exposed to cleaning products, % | – | 16.3 | – | 32.4 |
**p<0.01 compared with the reference population.
†Missing for n=3 men.
‡Missing for n=16 women.
BMI, Body Mass Index; JEM, job-exposure matrix.