Evaluation of Systemic Genotoxic/Oxidative and Proinflammatory Effects in Workers of a Titanium Dioxide Production Plant

Table 2

Dietary habits in the studied populations.

Category	Total		All workers employed in TiO2 plant		Workers producing TiO2		Office workers		External controls		value
		%		%		%		%		%
Fruit consumption
Never	1	1.6	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	5.6	(a)
Rarely	6	9.5	2	4.4	2	5.0	0	0.0	4	22.2	(b)
Daily basis	26	41.3	21	46.7	17	42.5	4	80.0	5	27.8
Many times a day	30	47.6	22	48.9	21	52.5	1	20.0	8	44.4
Vegetable consumption
Never	1	1.6	1	2.2	1	2.5	0	0.0	0	0.0	(a)
Rarely	7	11.1	3	6.7	3	7.5	0	0.0	4	22.2	(b)
Daily basis	29	46.0	21	46.7	19	47.5	2	40.0	8	44.4
Many times a day	26	41.3	20	44.4	17	42.5	3	60.0	6	33.3
Grilled fish/meat consumption
Never	7	11.5	5	11.4	4	10.3	1	20.0	2	11.8	(a)
Once a month	27	44.3	22	50.0	20	51.3	2	40.0	5	29.4	(b)
Two or three times a month	15	24.6	10	22.7	10	25.6	0	0.0	5	29.4
More than 3 times a month	12	19.7	7	15.9	5	12.8	2	40.0	5	29.4

(a) Comparison among exposed and controls. (b) Comparison among kind of exposure and controls.