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Table 3 Subgroup Analysis Stratified by Independent Variables

From: Association between occupational noise and vibration and anxiety in the South Korean working population: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Anxiety

Noise and Vibration Exposure

None

Vibration

Noise

Both

OR

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

Male

Age

  ≤ 39

1.00

2.30

(0.82

–

6.40)

1.86

(0.86

–

4.01)

2.74

(1.67

–

4.49)

 40–49

1.00

0.81

(0.27

–

2.44)

1.38

(0.69

–

2.76)

1.68

(1.09

–

2.59)

 50–59

1.00

1.28

(0.48

–

3.41)

1.77

(0.83

–

3.80)

2.60

(1.56

–

4.34)

  ≥ 60

1.00

1.46

(0.58

–

3.68)

1.31

(0.54

–

3.14)

2.16

(1.28

–

3.66)

Job collar

 White

1.00

1.84

(0.75

–

4.48)

1.93

(1.05

–

3.55)

2.16

(1.45

–

3.21)

 Blue

1.00

0.78

(0.32

–

1.90)

0.96

(0.39

–

2.36)

2.37

(1.47

–

3.80)

 Pink

1.00

2.10

(0.91

–

4.84)

1.74

(0.96

–

3.15)

2.14

(1.41

–

3.22)

Income

 Low

1.00

1.68

(0.62

–

4.53)

1.24

(0.47

–

3.23)

2.57

(1.49

–

4.44)

 Mid-low

1.00

1.38

(0.49

–

3.87)

2.87

(1.38

–

5.99)

2.57

(1.52

–

4.37)

 Mid-high

1.00

0.99

(0.32

–

3.01)

1.16

(0.53

–

2.56)

2.06

(1.26

–

3.35)

 High

1.00

1.49

(0.61

–

3.65)

1.26

(0.64

–

2.49)

1.99

(1.31

–

3.01)

Insomnia

 Yes

1.00

1.36

(0.59

–

3.13)

2.04

(1.08

–

3.87)

1.95

(1.26

–

3.01)

 No

1.00

1.46

(0.80

–

2.66)

1.57

(0.98

–

2.50)

2.47

(1.85

–

3.28)

Use of PPE

 Yes

1.00

0.74

(0.18

–

3.06)

2.51

(0.78

–

8.06)

3.01

(1.29

–

7.00)

 No

1.00

1.66

(0.97

–

2.83)

1.45

(0.97

–

2.18)

2.19

(1.70

–

2.82)

Female

Age

  ≤ 39

1.00

3.62

(1.46

–

8.96)

0.59

(0.26

–

1.35)

2.29

(1.52

–

3.46)

 40–49

1.00

1.05

(0.31

–

3.58)

1.74

(0.99

–

3.05)

1.78

(1.18

–

2.68)

 50–59

1.00

1.61

(0.68

–

3.77)

1.73

(1.04

–

2.88)

2.21

(1.57

–

3.11)

  ≥ 60

1.00

1.21

(0.51

–

2.84)

1.76

(0.96

–

3.21)

2.48

(1.70

–

3.62)

Job collar

 White

1.00

1.80

(0.52

–

6.17)

1.16

(0.64

–

2.08)

1.88

(1.30

–

2.72)

 Blue

1.00

1.18

(0.56

–

2.47)

0.82

(0.36

–

1.86)

1.81

(1.22

–

2.67)

 Pink

1.00

1.79

(0.91

–

3.51)

1.98

(1.35

–

2.59)

2.56

(1.95

–

3.35)

Income

 Low

1.00

1.16

(0.57

–

2.34)

1.12

(0.69

–

1.81)

2.15

(1.63

–

2.85)

 Mid-low

1.00

1.74

(0.74

–

4.05)

1.49

(0.88

–

2.50)

1.92

(1.36

–

2.72)

 Mid-high

1.00

2.48

(0.78

–

7.89)

2.42

(1.14

–

5.14)

2.63

(1.53

–

4.52)

 High

1.00

1.94

(0.51

–

7.27)

2.45

(1.18

–

5.40)

2.82

(1.61

–

4.93)

Insomnia

 Yes

1.00

2.29

(1.23

–

4.29)

1.33

(0.81

–

2.18)

2.08

(1.53

–

2.82)

 No

1.00

0.81

(0.38

–

1.69)

1.70

(1.19

–

2.42)

2.34

(1.85

–

2.96)

Use of PPE

 Yes

1.00

2.86

(1.14

–

7.20)

1.05

(0.33

–

3.35)

3.37

(1.85

–

6.13)

 No

1.00

1.29

(0.74

–

2.23)

1.52

(1.12

–

2.06)

2.05

(1.68

–

2.51)

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