Reticulocytosis in screen-printing workers exposed to 2-butoxyethanol and 2-ethoxyethanol

Table 6 Multivariate analysis using logistic regression^a

Variable	OR	95% CI
Age	0.92	0.81 – 1.04
Exposure (Office workers vs Printing workers)	16.30*	1.53 – 173.27
Sex (Women vs Men)	3.61	0.10 – 137.24
BMI	0.67*	0.49 – 0.92
Drinking	6.79	0.85 – 54.00
Smoking	0.19	0.03 – 1.38
Lymphocyte	1.09	0.96 – 1.23
Platelet	0.99	0.98 – 1.01
Hemoglobin	0.62	0.20 – 1.91
MCV	1.09	0.93 – 1.27

* p < 0.05. BMI, body mass index; MCV mean corpuscular volume, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval
^aAdjusted for age, exposure, BMI, drinking, smoking, lymphocyte, platelet count, hemoglobin, MCV, and sex

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