Table 6 Chief complaints with respect to distance from the accident site
From: Acute Symptoms after a Community Hydrogen Fluoride Spill
| Â | Under 100 m | 100 m-1 km | Over 1 km | p-value * | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
Sore throat | 51 | 22.7 | 195 | 28.2 | 131 | 23.5 | 0.660 |
Headache | 46 | 20.4 | 142 | 20.5 | 106 | 19.0 | 0.549 |
Cough | 27 | 12.0 | 87 | 12.6 | 82 | 14.7 | 0.234 |
Eye irritation | 21 | 9.3 | 58 | 8.4 | 47 | 8.4 | 0.742 |
Shortness of breath | 18 | 8.0 | 29 | 4.2 | 19 | 3.4 | 0.012 |
Chest pain | 11 | 4.9 | 33 | 4.8 | 18 | 3.2 | 0.190 |
Dizziness | 9 | 4.0 | 27 | 3.9 | 17 | 3.0 | 0.423 |
Nausea | 3 | 1.3 | 26 | 3.8 | 14 | 2.5 | 0.784 |
Rhinorrhea | 2 | 0.9 | 13 | 1.9 | 26 | 4.7 | 0.001 |
Skin burning | 5 | 2.2 | 13 | 1.9 | 16 | 2.9 | 0.405 |
Itching | 5 | 2.2 | 13 | 1.9 | 9 | 1.6 | 0.557 |
Sputum | 8 | 3.6 | 7 | 1.0 | 10 | 1.8 | 0.289 |
Nasal pain | 2 | 0.9 | 3 | 0.4 | 9 | 1.6 | 0.137 |
Skin rash | 1 | 0.4 | 4 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.169 |
Vomiting | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.744 |
Others | 12 | 5.3 | 16 | 2.3 | 20 | 3.6 | 0.548 |
No symptom | 4 | 1.8 | 25 | 3.6 | 34 | 6.1 | 0.003 |
Total | 225 | 100.0 | 692 | 100.0 | 558 | 100.0 | Â |