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Table 3 Odds and OR for being ill

From: Effectiveness of alcohol-based hand disinfectants in a public administration: Impact on health and work performance related to acute respiratory symptoms and diarrhoea

Symptom

 

Control

  

Intervention

 

OR (± 95%CI)

 

no

yes

odds

no

yes

odds

 

common cold

21

44

2.10

37

27

0.73

0.35 (0.17 - 0.71)*

Sinusitis

61

4

0.07

57

7

0.12

1.87 (0.52 - 6.74)

sore throat

31

34

1.10

38

26

0.68

0.62 (0.31 - 1.25)

Fever

49

16

0.33

57

7

0.12

0.38 (0.14 - 0.99)*

Coughing

30

35

1.17

42

22

0.52

0.45 (0.22 - 0.91)*

Bronchitis

60

5

0.08

55

9

0.16

1.96 (0.62 - 6.22)

Pneumonia

62

3

0.05

61

3

0.05

0.96 (0.96 - 1.01)

Influenza

62

3

0.05

61

3

0.05

1.02 (0.20 - 5.23)

Diarrhoea

50

15

0.30

56

8

0.14

0.48 (0.19 - 1.22)

  1. *statistically significant result (Χ2-Test, p < 0.05)