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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 Jan 25.
Published in final edited form as: Epidemiology. 2003 Nov;14(6):728–736. doi: 10.1097/01.ede.0000082045.50073.66

TABLE 2.

Association of Distance of Residence to the Nearest Major Road and Respiratory Symptoms; Unadjusted Logistic Regression Models

Persistent Wheeze
Chronic Cough
Chronic Phlegm
No. of Subjects (N = 2,285) No. of Cases (N = 700) OR (95% CI) No. of Subjects (N = 2,243) No. of Cases (N = 496) OR (95% CI) No. of Subjects (N = 2,201) No. of Cases (N = 583) OR (95% CI)
Distance to road (meters)
 ≤50 516 184 1.33 (1.05–1.70) 507 127 1.42 (1.08–1.86) 503 145 1.35 (1.04–1.75)
 >50 to 100 229 61 0.92 (0.66–1.27) 225 44 1.03 (0.71–1.50) 215 56 1.11 (0.79–1.58)
 >100 to 200 421 126 1.09 (0.84–1.41) 413 91 1.20 (0.89–1.62) 399 108 1.21 (0.92–1.61)
 >200 to 300 294 84 0.97 (0.72–1.30) 286 62 1.16 (0.83–1.63) 285 74 1.15 (0.84–1.58)
 >300 to 400 205 64 1.13 (0.81–1.58) 206 50 1.43 (0.99–2.06) 202 57 1.37 (0.97–1.94)
 >400* 620 181 1.00 606 122 1.00 597 143 1.00
*

Reference category.