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. 2010 Dec 15;7(12):4213–4237. doi: 10.3390/ijerph7124213

Table 3.

Predictive models of indoor PGEs, Terpenes, and Texanols.

PGEs Terpenes Texanols

β (95 % CI) P β (95 % CI) P β (95 % CI) P
Excess humidity
≤2.157 g/m3 y-intercept −1.567 −4.507 1.373 0.294 3.977 1.707 6.247 0.001 5.667 0.083 −0.776 12.110
Wet-clean once/week 0.477 0.040 0.915 0.033 −0.247 −0.585 0.091 0.151 −0.417 0.397 −1.408 0.574
Wet-clean every other week 0.581 0.131 1.031 0.012 0.406 0.059 0.753 0.022 −0.420 0.443 −1.525 0.684
Repainted ≥ one room 0.005 −0.367 0.376 0.980 0.074 −0.213 0.361 0.610 −0.357 0.429 −1.268 0.554
“Newest” surface material 0.423 −0.195 1.042 0.178 0.148 −0.330 0.625 0.543 0.155 0.791 −1.029 1.338
Temperature (quartile unit) 0.125 −0.017 0.267 0.084 −0.049 −0.159 0.061 0.380 −0.170 0.255 −0.470 0.129
Ventilation rate in the child‘s bedroom (quartile unit) −0.054 −0.222 0.113 0.523 0.004 −0.126 0.133 0.955 −0.149 0.432 −0.532 0.234
≥2.158 g/m3 y-intercept −2.824 −6.290 0.642 0.110 0.398 −2.421 3.217 0.781 3.496 0.362 −4.189 11.181
Wet-clean once/week 0.519 0.100 0.938 0.015 0.104 −0.236 0.444 0.547 0.246 0.594 −0.682 1.174
Wet-clean every other week 0.217 −0.260 0.694 0.370 −0.138 −0.526 0.249 0.482 −0.285 0.547 −1.235 0.665
Repaintedone room 0.630 0.243 1.017 0.002 0.100 −0.215 0.415 0.532 0.016 0.971 −0.847 0.878
“Newest” surface material 0.409 −0.195 1.013 0.183 −0.098 −0.589 0.393 0.695 2.386 0.089 −0.385 5.157
Temperature (quartile unit) 0.185 0.020 0.350 0.028 0.127 −0.008 0.261 0.065 −0.064 0.725 −0.431 0.302
Ventilation rate in the child‘s bedroom (quartile unit) −0.081 −0.255 0.093 0.358 0.026 −0.116 0.167 0.718 −0.257 0.201 −0.658 0.143