Health-related quality of life in sarcoidosis patients and the effect of occupational exposures: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 K-BILD total score along with three domains in the univariate comparisons for the 23 studied exposures (one exposure is not included due to no exposed subjects)

Occupational factors	Total			BA			P			CS
Occupational factors	yes	no	p	yes	no	p	yes	no	p	yes	no	p
Sandblasting, grinding, milling or metal processing	86.5	85	0.97	24	22	0.69	38.5	40	0.81	20	18	0.99
Metal or steel production	92	83	0.67	27	22	0.53	41	40	0.81	19	18	0.99
Welding	90	83	0.99	24.5	22	0.72	41	40	0.98	18.5	18	0.94
Stone dust	86.5	85	0.98	26.5	22	0.83	41	40	0.81	19.5	18	0.99
Carbon or graphite powder	59	85	0.85	13	23	0.62	27	40	0.72	13	18	0.99
Glass wool	87	85	0.95	25	23	0.80	39.5	40	0.78	18	18	0.93
Ceramics	94	83	0.87	27	22.5	0.64	41	40	0.86	18	18	0.99
Asbestos or asbestos-containing products	81	85	0.98	25.5	23	0.71	33	40	0.81	18.5	18	0.99
Poultry	83	85	0.99	24	23	0.81	39	40	0.79	17	18	0.96
Hay or straw	67	86	0.73	19	23	0.61	35	40	0.38	16	18	0.99
Grain or flour	61	87	0.13	14.5	23	0.41	26.5	40	0.07	12.5	18	0.18
Timber or wood shavings	95	83	0.99	27.5	22	0.46	42.5	40	0.81	18.5	18	0.99
Paper production	68.5	85	0.81	17	23	0.75	35	40	0.56	15.5	18	0.99
Natural or artificial fibers	90	84	0.99	24	22.5	0.79	37	40	0.87	19	18	0.97
Ionizing radiation	60	85	0.72	15	23	0.63	28	40	0.74	14	18	0.99
Solvents	83	86	0.92	24	22.5	0.99	38	40	0.75	18	17	0.96
Open fire	95	83	0.22	27	22	0.46	43	40	0.15	19	18	0.99
Car or engine exhausts	88	84	0.97	26	22	0.69	38	40	0.85	17	18	0.99
Irritating gas	62	87.5	0.04	14	23	0.32	28	40	0.04	12	18	0.15
Lubricating oils	89	84	0.94	27	22	0.52	41	40	0.87	20	18	0.99
Ultrafast glue (cyanoacrylate)	83	85	0.99	28	22.5	0.54	36	40	0.78	21	18	0.99
Secondhand smoke in the workplace	79	87.5	0.20	19	24	0.46	39	40	0.32	17	18	0.99
Office copying and printing equipment	67	90	0.02	17	24	0.14	35	41	0.04	15	11	0.02

Note: BA– breathlessness and activities; P– psychological; CS– chest symptoms. P-values were computed using Mann‒Whitney U test and then adjusted using Benjamini-Hochberg procedure for multiple comparisons

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