Table 1– Characteristics of 147 soy plant workers
CharacteristicValue#
Age yrs46 (19–66)
Male118 (80)
Race
 Black or African–American99 (67)
 White47 (32)
 Other1 (1)
Smoking status
 Current33 (22)
 Former36 (24)
 Never78 (53)
Current work classification
 Production66 (45)
 Production support39 (27)
 Non-production42 (29)
Tenure at soy plant yrs8 (<1–34)
Worked in area with mould in previous 12 months57 (39)
  • Data are presented as median (range) or n (%). #: some totals do not sum to 100% due to rounding; : self-reported.