Table 3 Chief complaints of early and late patients
From: Acute Symptoms after a Community Hydrogen Fluoride Spill
Chief complaint | Early patients * | Late patients †| Total | p-value ‡ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
Sore throat | 37 | 23.3 | 394 | 24.2 | 431 | 24.1 | 0.797 |
Headache | 25 | 15.7 | 316 | 19.4 | 341 | 19.1 | 0.260 |
Cough | 8 | 5.0 | 228 | 14.0 | 236 | 13.2 | 0.001 |
Eye irritation | 17 | 10.7 | 147 | 9.0 | 164 | 9.2 | 0.487 |
No symptom | 6 | 3.8 | 105 | 6.4 | 111 | 6.2 | 0.183 |
Shortness of breath | 43 | 27.0 | 57 | 3.5 | 100 | 5.6 | 0.000 |
Chest pain | 3 | 1.9 | 63 | 3.9 | 66 | 3.7 | 0.206 |
Dizziness | 2 | 1.3 | 54 | 3.3 | 56 | 3.1 | 0.155 |
Nausea | 10 | 6.3 | 43 | 2.6 | 53 | 3.0 | 0.010 |
Rhinorrhea | 0 | 0.0 | 53 | 3.3 | 53 | 3.0 | 0.021 |
Skin burning | 2 | 1.3 | 36 | 2.2 | 38 | 2.1 | 0.427 |
Itching | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | 2.0 | 32 | 1.8 | 0.075 |
Sputum | 1 | 0.6 | 26 | 1.6 | 27 | 1.5 | 0.340 |
Nasal pain | 1 | 0.6 | 14 | 0.9 | 15 | 0.8 | 0.761 |
Skin rash | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.4 | 7 | 0.4 | 0.408 |
Vomiting | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.1 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.658 |
Others | 4 | 2.5 | 52 | 3.2 | 56 | 3.1 | 0.640 |
Total | 159 | 100.0 | 1629 | 100.0 | 1788 | 100.0 | Â |