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Table 3 Responses for individual BREESI items by country (N = 1000 for each country)

From: The Brief Environmental Exposure and Sensitivity Inventory (BREESI): an international validation study

Number of BREESI items chosen

Country

India % (95% CI)

Italy % (95% CI)

Japan % (95% CI)

Mexico % (95% CI)

US% (95% CI)

0

19.6 (17.2–22.2)

33.3 (30.3–36.3)

59.4 (56.2–62.5)

23.4 (20.8–26.1)

32.3 (29.4–35.3)

1

18.3 (15.9–20.8)

26.7 (23.9–29.6)

27.1 (24.4–29.9)

29.4 (26.6–32.3)

29.5 (26.7–32.4)

2

17.9 (15.6–20.4)

18.7 (16.3–21.3)

8.9 (7.2–10.8)

26.4 (23.7–29.3)

19.1 (16.7–21.7)

3

44.2 (41.1–47.3)

21.3 (18.8–24.0)

4.6 (3.3–6.1)

20.8 (18.3–23.5)

19.1 (16.7–21.7)

Single BREESI Itema

%

%

%

%

%

None

19.6a (17.2–22.2)

33.3b (30.3–36.3)

59.4c (56.2–62.5)

23.4a (20.8–26.1)

32.3b (29.4–35.3)

Chemicals

71.4a (68.5–74.2)

57.7d (54.6–60.8)

35.7b (32.7–38.7)

66.2c (63.2–69.1)

56.5d (53.3–59.6)

Foods

55.3a (52.2–58.4)

34.2d (31.3–37.2)

9.2b (7.5–11.2)

39.5c (36.4–42.6)

32.9d (29.2–35.9)

Drugs

60.0a (49.7–69.6)

36.1c (33.1–39.1)

13.8b (11.7–19.1)

38.9c (35.8–42.0)

35.6c (32.6–38.6)

  1. Superscripted letters are statistical comparisons of BREESI categories across countries. Countries with the same letters are not statistically different. Those with different letters are statistically different at p < 0.05
  2. aN and percentages exceed 1000 or 100% due to respondents choosing multiple BREESI items