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Table 4 Association between dysuria in tannery workers, demographic and professional characteristics

From: Prevalence of urinary symptoms and infections among traditional tannery workers in the Fez city of Morocco: case–control study

Variables

PS+

PS−

p-value

Age (years)

  

0.270

  ≤ 40

25 (40.3)

37 (59.7)

 

  > 40

55 (34.8)

103 (65.2)

 

BMI (Kg/m2)

  

0.018

 Low-normal

53 (42.7)

71 (53.3)

 

 Overweight-obesity

27 (28.1)

69 (71.9)

 

Educational level

  

0.230

 Illiterate

24 (32.4)

50 (67.6)

 

 Literate

56 (38.4)

90 (61.6)

 

Marital status

  

0.491

 Unmarried

10 (34.5)

19 (65.5)

 

 Married

70 (36.6)

121 (63.4)

 

Smoking

  

0.350

 Yes

25 (39.1)

39 (60.9)

 

 No

55 (35.3)

101 (64.7)

 

Biological hazards exposure

  

0.003

 Yes

68 (42.0)

94 (58.0)

0.003

 No

12 (20.7)

46 (79.3)

 

PPE uses

  

0.425

 Yes

4 (44.4)

5 (44.6)

 

 No

76 (36.0)

135 (64.0)

 

Working area

  

0.017

 Humid area

65 (40.89)

94 (59.11)

 

 Dry place

15 (24.59)

46 (75.41)

 

Diabetes

 Yes

3 (27.3)

8 (72.7)

0.381

 No

77 (36.8)

132 (63.2)

 

High blood pressure (HBP)

  

0.027

 Yes

7 (20.6)

27 (79.4)

 

 No

73 (39.2)

113 (60.8)

 
  1. Bold text indicates a statistically significant difference with a p-value less than 0.05
  2. PS+ , presence of dysuria