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Table 5 Gardening exposures in cases and controls

From: Association between environmental exposures and granulomatosis with polyangiitis in Canterbury, New Zealand

 

GPA

Controls

OR (95 % CI)

p value

Gardening

41 (83.7)

140 (71.4)

2.40 (0.98–5.85)

0.054

 Digging

23 (46.9 %)

54 (27.6 %)

3.22 (1.48–7.00)

0.003

 Pruning

22 (44.9 %)

66 (33.7 %)

1.84 (0.89–3.82)

0.101

 Mowing

29 (59.2 %)

80 (40.8 %)

2.76 (1.31–5.81)

0.008

 Planting

31 (63.3 %)

90 (45.9 %)

2.61 (1.22–5.57)

0.013

 Weeding

34 (69.4 %)

119 (60.7 %)

1.56 (0.76–3.21)

0.227

 Spraying

5 (10.2 %)

13 (6.6 %)

1.78 (0.53–5.99)

0.35

 Time spent gardening per month (hours)

22.7 ± 4.1

13.2 ± 2.0

 

0.037

  1. CI confidence interval, OR odds ratio, GPA granulomatosis with polyangiitis