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Table 4–4. Job or workspace factors associated with the prevalence of work-related symptoms after adjustment^[1] for other personal, psychological, job, workspace, and building factors in northern California office workers, June–September 1990

Job or workspace factor	Work-related symptoms
	Eye, nose, or throat symptoms			Chest tightness or difficult breathing			Chills or fevers			Fatigue or sleepiness			Headache			Dry or itchy skin			Non-indoor-air-related symptoms
	OR[2]	95% CI		OR	95% CI		OR	95% CI		OR	95% CI		OR	95% CI		OR	95% CI		OR	95% CI
Managerial job	1.2	0.7-2.2		0.8	0.2-3.2		1.7	0.2-1.3		0.8	0.4-1.6		0.6	0.2-1.4		1.2	0.4-3.8		1.2	0.5-2.9
Case worker job	1.2	0.6-2.5		0.8	0.2-3.0		1.0	0.1–7.5		1.2	0.6–2.4		0.6	0.3-1.5		2.2	0.7-7.3		1.7	0.7–4.3
Technical job	1.9	0.9-4.0		0.5	0.1-3.1		3.1	0.4-2.3		0.5	0.2-1.1		1.3	0.5-3.2		2.5	0.8-8.2		1.6	0.6–4.6
Clerical job	1.3	0.8-2.1		1.3	0.4-3.8		2.9	0.5–1.7		0.9	0.5-1.5		1.2	0.6-2.4		1.5	0.6-3.9		1.7	0.8-3.5
CCP use more than 1 hr/day	1.6†	1.0–2.6		2.3	1.1–4.9		1.7	0.7–4.6		2.1	1.3–3.5		1.4	0.8–2.4		0.9	0.5–1.9		1.4	0.8–2.4
Photocopier use more than 1 hr/day	1.6	0.8–3.1		1.7	0.6–4.7		0.4	0.1–2.1		1.4	0.7–2.8		1.5	0.7–3.1		3.1	1.4–6.9		1.4	0.6-2.9
Space-sharing with 2 or more workers	1.3	0.9-1.9		2.0	1.0-3.9		1.3	0.1-2.1		1.6	1.1-2.3		1.8	1.2-2.7		1.6	0.9-2.8		1.4	0.9-2.2
New paint within 15 ft of workstation	0.6	0.3–1.1		0.5	0.2–1.6		0.9	0.2–3.5		0.4	0.2–0.8		0.7	0.4–1.4		0.5	0.2–1.2		1.0	0.5–2.0
New walls within 15 ft of workstation	1.4	0.8-2.4		1.9	0.7–5.0		2.2	0.7–7.0		1.3	0.7-2.3		1.8	0.9-3.4		1.5	0.7-3.4		0.8	0.4-1.7

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See footnotes at end of table.

1. ORs and 95% CIs were adjusted in a logistic regression model.
2. Abbreviations: OR=odds ratio; CI=confidence interval.