Table 3.
Levels of airborne mold in HEAL homes at baseline (n = 182 homes).
| Rank | Indoor molds | Geometric mean (GSE) | Outdoor molds | Geometric mean (GSD) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mold type | n (%) detectable | Mold type | n (%) detectable | |||
| 1st | Basidiospores | 179 (98) | 143 (17.8) | Basidiospores | 181 (99) | 1,311 (202.7) |
| 2nd | Cladosporium | 176 (97) | 64 (7.5) | Cladosporium | 181 (99) | 481 (60.4) |
| 3rd | Ascospores | 167 (92) | 32 (3.6) | Ascospores | 181 (99) | 251(29.4) |
| 4th | Penicillium–Aspergillus | 142 (78) | 17 (2.5) | Penicillium–Aspergillus | 133 (73) | 19 (2.9) |
| 5th | Curvularia | 140 (77) | 13 (1.6) | Ganoderma | 134 (74) | 14 (2.1) |
| 6th | Unidentified | 111 (61) | 5 (0.6) | Curvularia | 122 (67) | 11 (1.7) |
| 7th | Bipolaris | 106 (58) | 5 (0.6) | Unidentified | 117 (64) | 8 (1.2) |
| 8th | Pithomyces | 100 (55) | 5 (0.6) | Cercospora | 114 (63) | 7 (0.9) |
| 9th | Alternaria | 72 (40) | 3 (0.3) | Alternaria | 118 (65) | 7 (0.8) |
| 10th | Ganoderma | 60 (33) | 2 (0.2) | Bipolaris | 108 (59) | 5 (0.7) |
| 11th | Epicoccum | 51 (28) | 2 (0.2) | Epicoccum | 82 (45) | 3 (0.4) |
| 12th | Ulocladium | 32 (18) | 2 (0.1) | Pithomyces | 67 (37) | 3 (0.3) |
| 13th | Chaetomium | 27 (15) | 1 (0.1) | Pestalotia | 42 (23) | 2 (0.1) |
| 14th | Arthrinium | 17 (9) | 1 (0.1) | Arthrinium | 13 (7) | 1 (0.08) |
| 15th | Cercospora | 23 (13) | 1 (0.1) | Chaetomium | 17 (9) | 1 (0.09) |
| 16th | Pestalotia | 20 (11) | 1 (0.1) | Stachybotrys | 8 (4) | 1 (0.06) |
| 17th | Stemphylium | 8 (4) | 1 (0.04) | Ulocladium | 9 (5) | 1 (0.04) |
| 18th | Stachybotrys | 6 (3) | 1 (0.03) | Stemphylium | 9 (5) | 1 (0.04) |
| 19th | Trichoderma | 1 (1) | 1 (0.03) | Rust | 5 (3) | 1 (0.03) |
| 20th | Rust | 2 (1) | 1 (0.02) | Trichoderma | 1 (1) | 1 (0.02) |
| 21st | Other | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | Other | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |