Application of cold intolerance symptom severity questionnaire among vibration-exposed workers as a screening tool for the early detection of hand-arm vibration syndrome: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 CISS score pattern according to the vascular and sensorineural stage

	Non-exposed^a(n = 34)	Exposed (n = 76)			p value^‡	Post-hoc comparison
	Non-exposed^a(n = 34)	Stage 0^b	Stage 1^c	≥ Stage 2^d	p value^‡	Post-hoc comparison
Vascular stage	20.3 ± 11.0	42.6 ± 18.5 (n = 35)	59.4 ± 14.1 (n = 19)	60.2 ± 21.6 (n = 22)	< 0.01	a < b < c,d
Sensorineural stage	20.3 ± 11.0	47.0 ± 18.3 (n = 25)	49.0 ± 19.4 (n = 38)	70.1 ± 16.7 (n = 13)	< 0.01	a < b,c < d

Unit: mean ± standard deviation, number (number of people included in each stage) ^‡p-value was calculated by ANOVA
^a,b,c,dEach presented for the Post-hoc comparison which represents Non-exposed, Stage 0, Stage 1, ≥ Stage 2, respectively

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