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Characteristics of the CHD† deaths: career versus volunteer firefighters. |
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| Volunteer Firefighters (n = 17) % (n) |
Career Firefighters (n = 35) % (n) |
P-value |
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| Fire Department Medical Exam within 24 months of Incident |
12 (2) |
32 (11) |
0.18* |
| Age ≥ 45 years old |
76 (13) |
86 (30) |
0.45* |
| Age > 50 years old |
53 (9) |
51 (18) |
0.92 |
| Current Smoking |
46 (6/13) |
50 (15/30) |
0.82 |
| Hypertension |
86 (12/14) |
72 (23/32) |
0.46* |
| Diabetes Mellitus |
23 (3/13) |
21 (6/29) |
1.00* |
| Cholesterol ≥ 5.18 mmol/L (200 mg/dl) |
83 (10/12) |
91 (20/22) |
0.60* |
| Prior Diagnosis of CHD or other evidence of arterial-occlusive disease |
31 (5/16) |
23 (8) |
0.73* |
| Autopsy Verified CHD |
53 (9) |
77 (27) |
0.076 |
| LVH‡ at Autopsy, if Left Ventricle described |
88 (7/8) |
71 (12/17) |
0.62* |
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* Fisher's Exact Test. †Coronary heart disease; ‡Left ventricular hypertrophy. | |||
Kales et al. Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source 2003 2:14 doi:10.1186/1476-069X-2-14 |
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