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Table 2 Number and percentage Of participants from this study in bivariate panels Of different RFTPs

From: Respiratory fit test panel representing population of Malaysia

Panel

Cell

Male

 

Female

 

Total

n

(%)

 

n

(%)

 

n

(%)

NIOSH (2007)

         
 

1

14

(0.9)

 

117

(6.6)

 

131

(3.9)

 

2

23

(1.5)

 

182

(10.3)

 

205

(6.2)

 

3

68

(4.4)

 

242

(13.7)

 

310

(9.3)

 

4

178

(11.4)

 

474

(26.8)

 

652

(19.6)

 

5

152

(9.8)

 

209

(11.8)

 

361

(10.9)

 

6

172

(11.1)

 

95

(5.4)

 

267

(8.0)

 

7

353

(22.7)

 

184

(10.4)

 

537

(16.2)

 

8

236

(15.2)

 

36

(2.0)

 

272

(8.2)

 

9

107

(6.9)

 

25

(1.4)

 

132

(4.0)

 

10

91

(5.8)

 

6

(0.3)

 

97

(2.9)

 

Total

1,394

(89.6)

 

1,570

(88.8)

 

2,964

(89.2)

Chen et al. (2009)

         
 

1

9

(0.6)

 

115

(6.5)

 

124

(3.7)

 

2

7

(0.4)

 

67

(3.8)

 

74

(2.2)

 

3

48

(3.1)

 

309

(17.5)

 

357

(10.7)

 

4

75

(4.8)

 

234

(13.2)

 

309

(9.3)

 

5

29

(1.9)

 

51

(2.9)

 

80

(2.4)

 

6

246

(15.8)

 

264

(14.9)

 

510

(15.3)

 

7

252

(16.2)

 

219

(12.4)

 

471

(14.2)

 

8

113

(7.3)

 

40

(2.3)

 

153

(4.6)

 

9

257

(16.5)

 

67

(3.8)

 

324

(9.7)

 

10

159

(10.2)

 

14

(0.8)

 

173

(5.2)

 

Total

1,195

(76.8)

 

1,380

(78.1)

 

2,575

(77.5)

Lin et al. (2017)

         
 

1

1

(0.1)

 

2

(0.1)

 

3

(0.1)

 

2

3

(0.2)

 

22

(1.2)

 

25

(0.8)

 

3

10

(0.6)

 

32

(1.8)

 

42

(1.3)

 

4

21

(1.3)

 

112

(6.3)

 

133

(4.0)

 

5

50

(3.2)

 

429

(24.3)

 

479

(14.4)

 

6

31

(2.0)

 

46

(2.6)

 

77

(2.3)

 

7

60

(3.9)

 

116

(6.6)

 

176

(5.3)

 

8

239

(15.4)

 

443

(25.1)

 

682

(20.5)

 

9

64

(4.1)

 

25

(1.4)

 

89

(2.7)

 

10

222

(14.3)

 

106

(6.0)

 

328

(9.9)

 

Total

701

(45.1)

 

1,333

(75.4)

 

2,034

(61.2)

For this study

         
 

1

11

(0.7)

 

74

(4.2)

 

85

(2.6)

 

2

20

(1.3)

 

183

(10.4)

 

203

(6.1)

 

3

67

(4.3)

 

231

(13.1)

 

298

(9.0)

 

4

225

(14.5)

 

655

(37.0)

 

880

(26.5)

 

5

75

(4.8)

 

86

(4.9)

 

161

(4.8)

 

6

146

(9.4)

 

93

(5.3)

 

239

(7.2)

 

7

478

(30.7)

 

283

(16.0)

 

761

(22.9)

 

8

220

(14.1)

 

37

(2.1)

 

257

(7.7)

 

9

141

(9.1)

 

30

(1.7)

 

171

(5.1)

 

10

95

(6.1)

 

8

(0.5)

 

103

(3.1)

 

Total

1,478

(95.0)

 

1,680

(95.0)

 

3,158

(95.0)

  1. References Chen et al [3], Lin et al [4], NIOSH [1]