At the end of the study, High extraversion (women only) was predictive of new cases OR = 1.86 (95% CI = 1.16 to 2.96). Life woes and stress were not predictive.
Evidence from:
E Huovinen et al. Allergy. October (2001) Vol. 56 # 10 p 971.
The potential to link occupational stress to incident allergy seems to be reduced by this finding.
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