Table 2.

Neighborhood problems at baseline as a predictor of quality of life, physical functioning and depressive symptoms at follow-up among 340 adults with asthma.

	Quality of Life (QOL)		Physical Functioning (SF-12 PCS)		Depressive Symptomatology (CES-D)
	Beta (standard error)
	Unadjusted	Adjusted*	Unadjusted	Adjusted*	Unadjusted	Adjusted*
Traffic
1–4	3.86 (1.67)	2.41 (1.23)	−1.68 (1.29)	−1.32 (0.92)	1.62 (1.23)	1.06 (1.02)
5	6.83 (2.69)	1.12 (1.99)	−3.41 (2.08)	−1.68 (1.48)	5.16 (1.98)	1.31 (1.66)
Noise
1–4	1.41 (1.64)	0.63 (1.21)	−2.00 (1.25)	−2.05 (0.89)	1.93 (1.20)	0.96 (1.00)
5	11.04 (3.57)	2.52 (2.73)	−8.61 (2.74)	−3.74 (2.01)	7.46 (2.62)	1.60 (2.25)
Trash
1–4	1.68 (1.81)	−0.22 (1.35)	−3.47 (1.38)	−2.00 (1.00)	2.80 (1.33)	0.52 (1.13)
5	13.87 (4.92)	1.71 (3.77)	−10.20 (3.76)	−5.04 (2.76)	9.04 (3.61)	0.85 (3.11)
Smells
1–4	5.54 (1.94)	1.58 (1.45)	−3.58 (1.49)	−1.09 (1.07)	2.28 (1.44)	1.52 (1.19)
5	13.68 (4.63)	0.33 (3.57)	−11.92 (3.55)	−6.76 (2.58)	10.38 (3.42)	2.20 (2.91)
Fires
1–4	2.44 (1.73)	0.53 (1.27)	2.67 (1.33)	−1.02 (0.96)	2.35 (1.27)	1.22 (1.05)
5	8.32 (3.66)	0.23 (2.74)	−2.19 (2.82)	−0.67 (2.02)	4.31 (2.69)	−0.90 (2.25)

^*Adjusted for age, sex, baseline score of outcome (i.e. QOL, SF-12 PCS, or CES-D), income, education, and Severity of Asthma Score

Bold-face indicates statistically significant at the p=0.05 level.