Finding F-1211

“When analyzing men and women separately, the findings were not similar and were stronger for the men between the total symptom score and the subjective physical environment score and TVOC concentration (β = 2.819, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.234–5.404, standardized β = 0.698, P = 0.034).”

Gender, airborne chemical monitoring, and physical work environment are related to indoor air symptoms among nonindustrial workers in the KlangValley, Malaysia (2013). Therapeutics and clinical risk management. Page 7. CKB 6813

Structure

Factor: Total volatile organic compounds (TVOC)
Outcome: Sick building syndrome
Population: office workers
Setting: office, MY
Study design: cross-sectional study of 200 office workers in randomly selected nonindustrial buildings in the Klang Valley, Malaysia: carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, total volatile organic compounds, dust as PM10, temperature, relative humidity and air movement measured in the workplace against indoor air symptoms from a modified MM040NA questionnaire, analysed with linear and logistic regression adjusted for smoking, chronic illness, age, gender, job category, new furniture, new partition and workstation (class 4)
Effect: other 2.819 (0.234–5.404)
Caveat: the printed coefficient covers the subjective physical environment score and the volatile compounds concentration in one model, so it cannot be read as the effect of the compounds alone; the unit of the coefficient is the symptom score of the questionnaire

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