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. 2005 Sep 1;172(11):1371–1377. doi: 10.1164/rccm.200505-758OC

TABLE 4.

VALUES AND β COEFFICIENTS FOR UNADJUSTED LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELS FOR PRESENCE OF HEALTH OUTCOMES AMONG ANYONE IN THE HOUSEHOLD USING LOG ENDOTOXIN CONCENTRATION AS A CONTINUOUS VARIABLE

Disease Outcomes
Bedroom Floor
Bedding
Family Room Floor
Family Room Sofa
Kitchen Floor
p β p β p β p β p β
Diagnosed hay fever 0.93 0.02 0.35 −0.18 0.33 0.25 0.83 0.05 1.00 0.00
Diagnosed asthma 0.01 0.41 0.23 0.28 0.18 0.33 0.07 0.46 0.84 −0.05
Asthma symptoms past yr < 0.001 0.75 0.14 0.36 0.03 0.52 0.06 0.57 0.30 0.25
Current asthma medication use 0.001 0.72 0.05 0.46 0.04 0.55 0.37 0.34 0.06 0.48
Wheezing, ever 0.005 0.58 0.16 0.27 0.20 0.34 0.36 0.20 0.08 0.37
Wheezing, past mo 0.009 0.58 0.02 0.47 0.10 0.35 0.15 0.38 0.10 0.40
Wheezing, past yr 0.02 0.44 0.07 0.35 0.12 0.30 0.85 −0.05 0.20 0.27

Values shown in bold are significant at p ⩽ 0.05. Household numbers for the seven health outcomes are as follows: bedroom floor, n = 486–583; bedding, n = 397–466; family room floor, n = 409–485; family room sofa, n = 407–463; kitchen floor, n = 380–450.