Occupational exposures | IPD | |||||
All IPD (n=2679) | IPD with pneumonia (n=1855) | |||||
N | OR | 95% | N | OR | 95% | |
Welder* | 27 | 3.79 | 2.27 to 6.32 | 24 | 3.87 | 2.23 to 6.72 |
Foundry worker | 2 | NA | NA | 1 | NA | NA |
Steel mill worker* | 12 | 0.92 | 0.83 to 1.02 | 9 | 1.47 | 0.66 to 3.24 |
Blacksmith* | 11 | 1.93 | 1.44 to 2.57 | 8 | 2.94 | 1.25 to 6.99 |
All metalworkers* | 52 | 2.34 | 1.64 to 3.32 | 42 | 2.77 | 1.87 to 4.10 |
Fumes† | ||||||
All | 491 | 1.04 | 0.89 to 1.21 | 352 | 1.08 | 0.91 to 1.30 |
Low | 459 | 0.98 | 0.84 to 1.14 | 323 | 1.00 | 0.84 to 1.21 |
High | 32 | 3.13 | 1.95 to 5.04 | 29 | 3.29 | 1.98 to 5.47 |
Inorganic dust† | ||||||
All | 621 | 1.14 | 0.97 to 1.33 | 443 | 1.16 | 0.96 to 1.40 |
Low | 601 | 1.12 | 0.96 to 1.31 | 428 | 1.14 | 0.95 to 1.38 |
High | 20 | 1.77 | 0.99 to 3.15 | 15 | 1.83 | 0.95 to 3.52 |
Silica dust† | ||||||
All | 123 | 1.41 | 1.11 to 1.78 | 84 | 1.46 | 1.10 to 1.94 |
Low | 112 | 1.37 | 1.07 to 1.73 | 75 | 1.43 | 1.05 to 1.93 |
High | 11 | 1.81 | 0.86 to 3.81 | 9 | 1.79 | 0.78 to 4.11 |
Vapours and gases† | ||||||
All | 579 | 0.96 | 0.82 to 1.12 | 419 | 1.02 | 0.85 to 1.22 |
Low | 535 | 0.91 | 0.78 to 1.06 | 383 | 0.95 | 0.79 to 1.15 |
High | 44 | 2.38 | 1.58 to 3.57 | 36 | 2.65 | 1.67 to 4.18 |
Organic dust† | 224 | 0.93 | 0.79 to 1.10 | 156 | 0.93 | 0.76 to 1.14 |
All | 215 | 0.93 | 0.78 to 1.10 | 150 | 0.92 | 0.74 to 1.13 |
Low | 9 | 1.21 | 0.50 to 2.94 | 6 | 1.57 | 0.55 to 4.48 |
High | ||||||
Any exposure‡ | 1061 | 1.13 | 1.02 to 1.24 | 752 | 1.12 | 1.00 to 1.27 |
*Matched for gender, age and place of residency and adjusted for educational level, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, diabetes and ethanol abuse.
†Matched for gender, age and place of residency, and adjusted for educational level, ethanol abuse, and diagnoses of COPD, asthma and diabetes and other occupational exposures.
‡Matched for gender, age and place of residency, and adjusted for educational level, ethanol abuse, and diagnosis of COPD, asthma and diabetes.
NA, not applicable.