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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 27.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2005 Jan;28(1):109–115. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2004.09.013

Table 3.

Risk of unsafe storage of poisons and firearms by whether young children live in or only visit in homes without older adults, United States, 2002a

Storage practice Odds ratio
(95%
confidence
interval)		 p valueb
Poisons
    Medicines in the open 2.82 (1.76–4.50) <0.0001**
    Medicines unlocked 1.63 (1.02–2.62)   0.0414*
    Medicines in a purse/pocketbook 1.91 (1.28–2.84)   0.0014*
    Household chemicals unlocked 2.64 (1.78–3.92) <0.0001**
    Shop or garden chemicals unlocked 1.04 (0.60–1.79)   0.8945
Firearms
    Present 0.96 (0.64–1.44)   0.8556
    Not all locked up 2.14 (1.21–4.82)   0.0114**
a

Results are based on weighted data.

b

Value based on Pearson’s chi-square test.

*

p<0.05 (bolded).

**

p<0.0001 (bolded).