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Table 4 Odds and OR for being absent

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

46

19

0.41

53

11

0.21

0.50 (0.22 - 1.17)

sinusitis

63

2

0.03

58

6

0.10

3.26 (0.63 - 16.79)

sore throat

52

13

0.25

52

12

0.23

0.92 (0.39 - 2.21)

fever

55

10

0.18

58

6

0.10

0.57 (0.19 - 1.67)

coughing

51

14

0.27

52

12

0.23

0.84 (0.36 - 1.99)

bronchitis

63

2

0.03

55

9

0.16

5.16 (1.07 - 24.88)*

pneumonia

64

1

0.02

64

0

0.00

0.985 (0.96 - 1.02)

influenza

62

3

0.05

61

3

0.05

1.02 (0.20 - 5.23)

diarrhoea

57

8

0.14

63

1

0.02

0.11 (0.01 - 0.93)*

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