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

Table 3

X-ray, drug intake, and diseases in the studied populations.

	Total		All workers employed in TiO2 plant		Workers producing TiO2		Office workers		External controls		value
		%		%		%		%		%
Scan test (12 months)
Yes	11	17.5	6	13.3	5	12.5	1	20.0	5	27.8	(a)
No	52	82.5	39	86.7	35	87.5	4	80.0	13	72.2	(b)
Drug (3 months)
Yes	36	83.7	25	89.3	20	87.0	5	100.0	11	73.3	(a)
No	7	16.3	3	10.7	3	13.0	0	0.0	4	26.7	(b)
Respiratory diseases
Yes	9	14.5	8	18.2	8	20.5	0	0.0	1	5.6	(a)
No	53	85.5	36	81.8	31	79.5	5	100.0	17	94.4	(b)

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