Table 3 General characteristics of exposed group (printing workers) and control group (office workers)
From: Reticulocytosis in screen-printing workers exposed to 2-butoxyethanol and 2-ethoxyethanol
Variables | Exposed group (n = 34) | Control group (n = 37) | pvalue | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | Standard deviation | Mean | Standard deviation | ||
Age (years)a | 31.21 | 3.88 | 32.59 | 6.23 | 0.355 |
BMI (Kg/m2)a | 23.51 | 3.88 | 23.86 | 4.49 | 0.727 |
Hemoglobin (g/dL)a | 15.43 | 1.24 | 14.87 | 1.54 | 0.095 |
n | % | n | % | ||
Sexb | 0.079 | ||||
Male | 26 | 76.5% | 21 | 56.8% | |
Female | 8 | 23.5% | 16 | 43.2% | |
Alcohol consumptionb | 0.124 | ||||
No | 14 | 41.2% | 22 | 59.5% | |
Yes | 20 | 58.8% | 15 | 40.5% | |
Smokingb | 0.702 | ||||
No | 19 | 55.9% | 19 | 51.4% | |
Yes | 15 | 44.1% | 18 | 48.6% | |