Table 4.
Relationships between home flooding and levels of indoor airborne mold.
| Flooded | Not flooded | p-Valuea | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Level | n | Level | |||||||
| All participants | 68 | 627 | 114 | 438 | 0.07 | |||||
| Current home is same home child lived in during Katrina | ||||||||||
| Yes | 36 | 679 | 56 | 359 | 0.02 | |||||
| No | 32 | 573 | 58 | 531 | 0.79 | |||||
| Current home, renovated after Katrina | ||||||||||
| Yes | 41 | 587 | 44 | 445 | 0.29 | |||||
| No | 27 | 693 | 70 | 434 | 0.14 | |||||
| Current home, had roof leak during Katrina | ||||||||||
| Yes | 25 | 742 | 45 | 438 | 0.15 | |||||
| No | 43 | 568 | 69 | 438 | 0.27 | |||||
| Current home residence typeb | ||||||||||
| Single-family | 49 | 613 | 63 | 375 | 0.05 | |||||
| Multifamily | 13 | 799 | 26 | 557 | 0.40 | |||||
| Apartment | 4 | 380 | 11 | 365 | 0.96 | |||||
| FEMA trailer | 0 | — | 9 | 711 | — | |||||
| Values are geometric means in spores per cubic meter. ap-Values test for differences between homes that were flooded and not flooded. Interaction p-values between the flood status and the given strata were not statistically significant (all p > 0.10). bSingle-family refers to a detached house or non-FEMA trailer; multifamily refers to a duplex, triplex, or row house. | ||||||||||