Table 2 Prevalence of health outcomes in 2020–2021.

From: Effects of occupational dust exposure on the health status of workers in China

Variable

Abn-CXR

Abn-PFTs

PC

Abn-ECGs

HTN

Abn-LFTs

HL

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Age

 ≤ 40 years

268 (26.3)

284 (31.0)

35 (22.6)

1014 (39.8)

295 (22.2)

324 (48.7)

247 (35.1)

 > 40 years

752 (73.7)

633 (69.0)

120(77.4)

1535 (60.2)

1034(77.8)

341 (51.3)

457 (64.9)

P-value

 < 0.001

0.013

 < 0.001

0.047

 < 0.001

0.045

 < 0.001

Gender

 Male

856 (83.9)

765 (83.4)

132 (85.2)

2166 (85.0)

1173 (88.3)

603 (90.7)

627 (89.1)

 Female

164 (16.1)

152 (16.6)

23 (14.8)

383 (15.0)

156 (11.7)

62 (9.3)

77 (10.9)

P-value

0.033

0.032

0.017

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

0.015

Income level

 Low

401 (39.3)

582 (63.5)

93 (60.0)

1315 (51.6)

650 (48.9)

317 (47.7)

346 (49.1)

 Medium

419 (41.1)

98 (10.7)

33 (21.3)

709 (27.8)

233 (17.5)

180 (27.1)

227 (32.2)

 High

200 (19.6)

237 (25.8)

29 (18.7)

525 (20.6)

446 (33.6)

168 (25.3)

131 (18.6)

 P-value

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

Company size

 Small

536 (52.5)

310 (33.8)

53 (34.2)

779 (30.6)

487 (36.6)

216 (32.5)

270 (38.4)

 Medium

337 (33.0)

322 (35.1)

68 (43.9)

959 (37.6)

496 (37.3)

254 (38.2)

169 (24.0)

 Large

147 (14.4)

285 (31.1)

34 (21.9)

811 (31.8)

346 (26.0)

195 (29.3)

265 (37.6)

 P-value

 < 0.001

0.005

0.073

 < 0.001

0.03

0.269

 < 0.001

Employment status

 Pre-employment

127 (12.5)

125 (13.6)

10 (6.5)

366 (14.4)

186 (14.0)

260 (39.1)

122 (17.3)

 Currently employed

893 (87.5)

792 (86.4)

145 (93.5)

2183 (85.6)

1143 (86.0)

405 (60.9)

582 (82.7)

 P-value

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

0.003

 < 0.001

Duration of dust exposure

 ≤ 10 years

571 (56.0)

548 (59.8)

51 (32.9)

1582 (62.1)

758 (57.0)

426 (64.1)

493 (70.0)

 10–20 years

244 (23.9)

242 (26.4)

56 (36.1)

567 (22.2)

343 (25.8)

127 (19.1)

143 (20.3)

 > 20 years

205 (20.1)

127 (13.8)

48 (31.0)

400 (15.7)

228 (17.2)

112 (16.8)

68 (9.7)

 P-value

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

0.004

 < 0.001

Dust category

 Non-exposed

60 (5.9)

45 (4.9)

0 (0.0)

190 (7.5)

72 (5.4)

118 (17.7)

43 (6.1)

 Cement

258 (25.3)

301 (32.8)

30 (19.4)

748 (29.3)

440 (33.1)

220 (33.1)

215 (30.5)

 Silica

332 (32.5)

203 (22.1)

60 (38.7)

558 (21.9)

343 (25.8)

152 (22.9)

259 (36.8)

 Coal

199 (19.5)

175 (19.1)

34 (21.9)

484 (19.0)

214 (16.1)

87 (13.1)

144 (20.5)

 Metal

93 (9.1)

105 (11.5)

21 (13.5)

374 (14.7)

148 (11.1)

52 (7.8)

14 (2.0)

 Other

78 (7.6)

88 (9.6)

10 (6.5)

195 (7.7)

112 (8.4)

36 (5.4)

29 (4.1)

P-value

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001