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Table 4–4 (Continued). 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
New carpet within 15 ft of workstation	3.0	1.0–8.8		14.2	3.2–63		1.2	0.1–15		1.4	0.4–4.4		2.6	0.8–9.2		0.5	0.0–6.0		2.8	0.8–9.5
Carpet—any in study space	1.7	1.1–2.6		2.5	1.0–6.2		1.4	0.5–3.7		1.1	0.7–1.7		2.0	1.1–3.4		0.9	0.5–1.8		1.1	0.6–1.9
Cloth partitions—any in study space	0.5	0.3–0.8		0.2	0.1–6.2		0.5	0.1–1.6		0.5	0.1–1.6		0.6	0.4–1.1		0.5	0.2–1.0		1.2	0.7–2.0
No windows within 15 ft of workstation	1.6	1.1–2.3		1.6	0.8–3.2		2.4	1.1–5.6		1.5	1.0–2.5		2.1	1.3–3.3		1.6	0.9–2.7		1.3	0.8–2.1
Inability to see out of window from workstation	0.8	0.5–1.3		0.8	0.3–1.7		0.4	0.2–1.2		1.6	1.0–2.5		1.0	0.6–1.7		1.1	0.6–2.1		1.0	0.6–1.7

Source: Mendell [1991].

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