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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2011 Jan 14;127(4):875–882. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2010.11.031

Table II.

Personal characteristics and sociodemographics according to distance from the main avenue; Lima, Peru, 2009–2010.

Distance from road (meters)

0 – 199.99
(n=196)
200 – 399.99
(n=176)
400 – 649.99
(n=171)
≥650
(n=182)
Trend
p-value

Number of adolescents 196 176 171 182
Number of boys (%) 95 (48%) 88 (50%) 76 (44%) 98 (54%) 0.511
Average age (SD) 14.8 (0.9) 14.9 (0.9) 14.9 (0.9) 14.8 (0.8) 0.586
Born in Lima (%) 192 (98%) 170 (97%) 167 (98%) 169 (93%) 0.021
Parents from Lima (%) 87 (44%) 66 (38%) 63 (37%) 53 (29%) 0.003
Parents from highlands (%) 143 (73%) 134 (76%) 132 (77%) 147 (81%) 0.07
Parents from rainforest (%) 5 (3%) 7 (4%) 3 (2%) 6 (3%) 0.97
Income < 175 USD % 56 (29%) 38 (22%) 27 (16%) 52 (29%) 0.703
Maternal education years, Mean (SD) 8.6 (3.6) 8.2 (3.8) 8.5 (3.7) 7.5 (3.6) 0.013
Paternal education years, Mean (SD) 9.8 (3.1) 9.9 (3.1) 10.1 (3.0) 9.5 (3.0) 0.601
Electricity 24 hours % 195 (99%) 175 (99%) 169 (99%) 182 (100%) 0.812
Water 24 hours (%) 179 (91%) 175 (99%) 160 (94%) 153 (84%) 0.063
Hygienic services in home (%) 185 (94%) 176 (100%) 167 (98%) 170 (93%) 0.451
Rooms in household (SD) 4.8 (1.7) 5.2 (1.9) 4.8 (1.7) 4.6 (1.5) 0.054
People per room (SD) 1.3 (0.9) 1.3 (0.7) 1.4 (0.9) 1.4 (0.9) 0.491
Concrete floor (%) 77 (39%) 70 (40%) 63 (37%) 62 (34%) 0.246
Unprocessed concrete floor (%) 81 (42%) 61 (35%) 73 (43%) 71 (39%) 0.986
Computer (%) 51 (26%) 49 (28%) 53 (31%) 27 (15%) 0.033
Smoking in home (%) 29 (15%) 28 (16%) 29 (17%) 24 (13%) 0.296
Landline (%) 130 (66%) 107 (61%) 116 (68%) 93 (51%) 0.014
Cellular telephone (%) 168 (86%) 149 (85%) 154 (90%) 157 (86%) 0.542
Owns dogs (%) 112 (57%) 104 (59%) 93 (54%) 104 (57%) 0.786
Owns cats (%) 87 (44%) 64 (36%) 73 (43%) 96 (53%) 0.062
Cockroaches present in home in past month (%) 117 (60%) 98 (56%) 110 (64%) 121 (66%) 0.086
Time spent in house (%)
0–6 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (1%) 1 (1%) 0.199
7–10 2 (1%) 2 (1%) 7 (4%) 7 (4%) 0.026
11–15 46 (23%) 47 (27%) 49 (29%) 56 (31%) 0.1
16+ 148 (76%) 127 (72%) 114 (67%) 118 (65%) 0.13
Height (SD)
Male 162.9 (6.9) 161.4 (7.6) 163.5 (7.7) 160.5 (7.1) 0.077
Female 152.5 (5.9) 152.7 (5.0) 153.3 (5.8) 152.8 (5.1) 0.463
Weight (SD)
Male 58.3 (13.1) 55.9 (9.3) 57.3 (11.4) 55.4 (10.9) 0.179
Female 51.5 (8.5) 53.1 (10.3) 52.6 (11.1) 51.1 (7.0) 0.916
BMI (SD)
Male 21.8 (3.6) 21.1 (2.8) 21.3 (3.0) 21.4 (3.6) 0.555
Female 22.1 (3.4) 22.7 (3.8) 22.3 (4.1) 21.9 (2.8) 0.672