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Table 2 Acute respiratory symptoms among development, mine and other production workers in the of Kiwira coal mine

From: High prevalence of respiratory symptoms among workers in the development section of a manually operated coal mine in a developing country: A cross sectional study

Symptoms

 

Development workers

Mine workers

Other production workers

P 1

Dry cough

Never smoking

17(43.69%)

16(29.6%)

36(37.9%)

0.365

 

All

21 (45.7%)

20(25.6%)

49 (39.2%)

0. 049

Breathlessness

Never smoking

12(30.8%)

9(16.7%)

14(14.7%)

0.087

 

All

16 (34.8%)

13(16.7%)

19 (15.2%)

0.012

Blocked nose

Never smoking

6(15.4%)

5(9.3%)

15(15.8%)

0.514

 

All

11 (23.9%)

6(7.7%)

17 (13.6%)

0.040

Running nose

Never smoking

19(48.7%)

27(50.0%)

53(55.8%)

0.681

 

All

25 (54.3%)

37(47.4%)

71(56.8%)

0.425

Sneezing

Never smoking

13(33.3%)

40(42.1%)

40(40.3%)

0.607

 

All

17 (37.0%)

29(37.2%)

51(40.8%)

0.835

  1. 1Chi-square test between the three groups of workers