Table 3.

Unadjusted and adjusted regression model demonstrating the association of Socio-Environmental burden and pulmonary diseases.

Socio-environmental Burden	Unadjusted models			Age category adjusted models			Age category, health care visits, gender percentage, Smoking and rurality- adjusted model
	Low medium EJI	Medium EJI	High EJI	Low medium EJI	Medium EJI	High EJI	Low medium EJI	Medium EJI	High EJI
Asthma	1.073 (1.059–1.088), p < 0.001	1.132 (1.117–1.148), p < 0.001	1.350 (1.333–1.368), p < 0.001	1.089 (1.075–1.103), p < 0.001	1.174 (1.159–1.189), p < 0.001	1.451 (1.433–1.470), p < 0.001	0.985 (0.973–0.996), p = 0.013	0.996 (0.984–1.009), p = 0.610	1.102 (1.087–1.117), p < 0.001
COPD	1.223 (1.201–1.245), p < 0.001	1.333 (1.310–1.357), p < 0.001	1.669 (1.640–1.698), p < 0.001	1.283 (1.263–1.304), p < 0.001	1.491 (1.468–1.516), p < 0.001	2.068 (2.035–2.102), p < 0.001	1.021 (1.009–1.034), p < 0.001	1.046 (1.034–1.059), p < 0.001	1.156 (1.141–1.172), p < 0.001

EJI: Environmental Justice Index; COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. EJI categories were defined based on ranked percentile scores: low medium (25th–50th percentile), medium (51st–75th percentile), and high (76th–100th percentile). EJI combines both environmental and social vulnerability measures.