Table 6.
Eczema in relation to traffic.
| Self-reported allergic eczema | Diagnosed hand-eczema | Hand-eczema last 12 months | ||||||
| n | n, % | Adj ORa | n, % | Adj ORa | n, % | Adj ORa | ||
| Heavy traffic | No | 6041 | 681(11.3%) | 1.00 | 373(6.2%) | 1.00 | 345(5.7%) | 1.00 |
| Yes | 3275 | 458(14.0%) | 1.16(1.02–1.32) | 228(7.0%) | 1.12(0.94–1.33) | 251(7.7%) | 1.32(1.12–1.57) | |
| Heaviest road radie <100 m | no heavy road | 3755 | 442(11.8%) | 1.00 | 228(6.1%) | 1.00 | 221(5.9%) | 1.00 |
| <2 cars/min | 2235 | 262(11.7%) | 0.99(0.84–1.17) | 148(6.6%) | 1.10(0.89–1.37) | 135(6.0%) | 1.04(0.83–1.29) | |
| 2–5 cars/min | 1820 | 226(12.4%) | 1.04(0.87–1.24) | 116(6.4%) | 1.08(0.86–1.37) | 117(6.4%) | 1.11(0.88–1.40) | |
| 6–10 cars/min | 886 | 119(13.4%) | 1.15(0.92–1.43) | 64(7.2%) | 1.20(0.90–1.61) | 65(7.3%) | 1.29(0.97–1.72) | |
| >10 cars/min | 578 | 84(14.5%) | 1.08(0.83–1.40) | 45(7.8%) | 1.35(0.96–1.89) | 56(9.7%) | 1.63(1.19–2.23) | |
| NOx (ug/m3) | 0–8 | 1855 | 209(11.3%) | 1.00 | 108(5.8%) | 1.00 | 111(6.0%) | 1.00 |
| 8–11 | 1855 | 206(11.1%) | 0.99(0.80–1.22) | 124(6.7%) | 1.15(0.88–1.50) | 108(5.8%) | 0.97(0.74–1.28) | |
| 11–14 | 1855 | 251(13.5%) | 1.19(0.98–1.46) | 124(6.7%) | 1.17(0.90–1.53) | 131(7.1%) | 1.20(0.92–1.56) | |
| 14–19 | 1858 | 225(12.1%) | 1.09(0.89–1.33) | 123(6.6%) | 1.15(0.88–1.50) | 117(6.3%) | 1.08(0.83–1.42) | |
| >19 | 1851 | 242(13.1%) | 1.06(0.87–1.30) | 122(6.6%) | 1.16(0.89–1.52) | 127(6.9%) | 1.13(0.86–1.47) | |
| p-trend | 0.44 | p-trend | 0.52 | p-trend | 0.357 | |||
a OR:s, 95% CI, Adjusted for age, sex and smoking