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. 2008 Nov 14;117(3):461–467. doi: 10.1289/ehp.11917

Table 3.

Model results for floor PbD.

Linear model for log PbD (R2 = 35%)
Logistic model PbD ≥ 10 μg/ft2 (R2 = 7%a)
Variables Overall p-value Estimate (SE) p-Value Overall p-value Estimate (SE) p-Value
Intercept 0.235 −0.239 (0.199) 0.235 < 0.001 −6.179 (0.834) < 0.001

Floor surface/condition
 Smooth and cleanable < 0.001 0.000 < 0.001 0.000
 Not smooth and cleanable 0.354 (0.254) 0.170 0.449 (0.740) 0.547
 Carpeted, low pile −0.634 (0.094) < 0.001 −2.147 (0.401) < 0.001
 Carpeted, high pile −0.868 (0.110) < 0.001 −2.868 (1.229) 0.024

Log windowsill PbD loading
 Intercept for missing < 0.001 0.409 (0.090) < 0.001 < 0.001 0.000
 Slope 0.172 (0.027) < 0.001 0.732 (0.106) < 0.001

Race/ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic white < 0.001 0.000 0.009 0.000
 Non-Hispanic black 0.373 (0.086) < 0.001 0.900 (0.516) 0.088
 Hispanic −0.015 (0.087) 0.864
 Otherb −0.194 (0.129) 0.140 −0.492 (0.581) 0.402

PIR
 Intercept for missing 0.028 0.036 (0.120) 0.768
 Slope −0.047 (0.020) 0.021

Year of construction
 Intercept for missing < 0.001 −0.136 (0.141) 0.338 < 0.040 −0.032 (0.665) 0.962
 1990–present −0.795 (0.128) < 0.001
 1978–1989 −0.714 (0.149) < 0.001
 1960–1977 −0.410 (0.137) 0.004
 1950–1959 −0.366 (0.177) 0.044 0.872 (0.723) 0.234
 1940–1949 −0.393 (0.242) 0.118 1.284 (1.015) 0.213
 Before 1940 0.000 0.000
 1960–present −1.519 (0.775) 0.056

Anyone smoke inside the home
 Intercept for missing 0.006 −0.352 (0.344) 0.312
 Yes 0.253 (0.087) 0.006
 No 0.000

Window, cabinet, or wall renovation in a pre-1950 home
 Intercept for missing 0.056 −0.113 (0.116) 0.334
 Yes 0.355 (0.181) 0.056
 No 0.000

Year of survey
 1999–2000 < 0.001 0.429 (0.093) < 0.001
 2001–2002 0.067 (0.091) 0.470
 2003–2004 0.000

Home-apartment type
 One-family house, detached 0.042 1.032 (0.550) 0.067
 One-family house, attached 1.397 (0.739) 0.066
 Apartment (1–9 units) 1.964 (0.604) 0.002
 Apartment (≥ 10 units) 0.000
a

Estimated using Cox–Snell methodology.

b

“Other” includes Hispanics for the logistic model.