Table 6

 Effect of smoking and occupation on airway disease

FactorOR95% CI
Smoking6.961.45 to 33.26
(adjusted for age, BMI, and occupation)
Working in the coffeehouse (crude)4.692.14 to 10.46
Working in the coffeehouse (adjusted for smoking)4.522.04 to 10.20
Working in the coffeehouse (adjusted for age, BMI, smoking and time in the occupation)5.352.41 to 11.87
Working in the coffeehouse -only for smokers (adjusted for the pack-years as well as the previously cited confounders)4.992.18 to 11.43