Table 1: Study population and final study sample for questionnaires and spirometries distributed according to occupational group.

Demolition workers Insulators Carpenters Hospital porters Total
N (%)* N (%)* N (%)* N (%)* N (%)*
Study population 169 209 357 516 1251
Questionnaire responders 151 (89.3) 204 (97.6) 321 (89.9) 360 (69.8) 1036 (82.8)
Questionnaires and spirometries 141 (83.4) 149 (71.3) 296 (82.9) 313 (60.7) 899 (71.9)

*percentage of study population for each occupational group