Associations between lifetime occupational exposure to irritants, DCPs, organic solvents and current asthma or asthma symptom score
| Current asthma | Asthma symptom score | |||||||||
| Men (n=47 873) | Women (n=59 426) | P interaction | Men (n=50 438) | Women (n=61 454) | P interaction | |||||
| n | OR (95% CI) | n | OR (95% CI) | n | Mean score ratio (95% CI) | n | Mean score ratio (95% CI) | |||
| Ref | 26 922 | 1 | 37 157 | 1 | 28 504 | 1 | 43 315 | 1 | ||
| Irritants | 20 515 | 0.97 (0.91 to 1.03) | 21 847 | 1.05 (1.00 to 1.11) | 0.01 | 21 471 | 1.11 (1.07 to 1.15) | 22 525 | 1.08 (1.05 to 1.11) | 0.14 |
| DCPs | 6898 | 1.10 (1.01 to 1.20) | 18 197 | 1.06 (1.00 to 1.12) | 0.87 | 7164 | 1.21 (1.15 to 1.27) | 18 725 | 1.09 (1.06 to 1.13) | 0.005 |
| Organic solvents | 11 471 | 0.93 (0.87 to 1.01) | 8282 | 1.06 (0.98 to 1.14) | 0.002 | 11 944 | 1.10 (1.05 to 1.15) | 8472 | 1.14 (1.10 to 1.19) | 0.27 |
Logistic regressions and binomial negative regressions adjusted for age, BMI and smoking habits. Results in boldface are statistically significant.
BMI, body mass index; DCPs, disinfectants and cleaning products.