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. 2013 Dec 20;2(2):e31. doi: 10.2196/ijmr.2585

Table 4.

Individual- and prefecture-level factors associated with decreased health status: multilevel logistic regression analysis with random-intercept for 47 prefectures.



Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
Independent variables Crude ORa
(95% CI)
Adjusted OR
(95% CI)
P value Adjusted OR
(95% CI)
P value Adjusted OR
(95% CI)
P value
Regular employee (ref: not) 0.89 (0.75-1.05) 0.85 (0.71-1.01) .07 0.85 (0.71-1.01) .06 0.85 (0.71-1.02) .07
Change in job condition
(ref: not)
2.35 (1.98-2.79) 2.12 (1.77-2.52) <.001 2.05 (1.72-2.45) <.001 2.05 (1.72-2.45) <.001
Difference in income
2010–2011 (million yen incr.)
1.03 (0.98-1.09) 1.03 (0.97-1.09) .35 1.03 (0.97-1.09) .34 1.02 (0.97-1.09) .35
Income will decrease
(ref: not)
1.31 (0.95-1.80) 1.31 (0.94-1.83) .11 1.31 (0.94-1.82) .11 1.31 (0.95-1.84) .10
Sex (male=1, female=0) 0.78 (0.67-0.92) 0.71 (0.60-0.84) <.001 0.71 (0.60-0.84) <.001 0.70 (0.59-0.84) <.001
Age (year) 1.06 (1.02-1.10) 1.06 (1.02-1.11) .006 1.06 (1.02-1.11) .005 1.06 (1.02-1.11) .005
Marital status
(Married = 1)
1.12 (0.80-1.55) 0.94 (0.66-1.33) .72 0.92 (0.65-1.30) .64 0.92 (0.65-1.30) .63
College student (ref: not) 1.04 (0.87-1.25) 1.00 (0.82-1.22) .99 0.99 (0.82-1.22) .996 1.00 (0.83-1.27) .95
Family separation
(> 4 weeks; ref: not)
1.80 (1.37-2.37) 1.22 (0.85-1.74) .28 1.21 (0.85-1.74) .28 1.21 (0.85-1.73) .30
Evacuation
(> 4 weeks; ref: not)
1.90 (1.50-2.41) 1.48 (1.08-2.03) .01 1.45 (1.06-1.98) .02 1.44 (1.06-1.97) .02
Death of family members
(ref: not)
1.94 (0.56-6.66) 2.33 (0.66-8.26) .19 2.28 (0.65-8.03) .20 2.34 (0.66-8.26) .19
Having a child/children
(ref: not)
0.94 (0.61-1.44) 0.93 (0.60-1.44) .75 0.94 (0.61-1.45) .77 0.93 (0.59-1.44) .74
From Fukushima NPPb
(km)
0.99 (0.99-1.00) 0.99 (0.99-1.00) .57 1.00 (0.99-1.00) .66
Radiationc (μSv/hr) 2.09 (1.72-2.55) 1.17 (0.80-1.69) .42 1.16 (0.82-1.64) .41
Total quakesd ( x10−2) 1.05 (1.04-1.06) 1.04 (1.01-1.06) .002 1.02 (1.00-1.05) .049
JMA-SIe 1.38 (1.29-1.47) 1.07 (0.96-1.20) .24 0.87 (0.65-1.17) .36
Northwest region 0.98 (0.68-1.44) 2.21 (0.78-6.26) .14
Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima 3.95 (2.93-5.34) 4.45 (0.99-20.01) .05
Kanto region 1.82 (1.55-2.14) 2.94 (0.94-9.18) .06
Central region 0.57 (0.44-0.74) 1.49 (0.59-3.78) .40
Kansai region 0.53 (0.41-0.67) –  –  –  –  1.32 (0.66-2.62) .43


AICf: 4185
AIC: 4155
AIC: 4158

aOR, odds ratio

bNPP, nuclear power plant

cRadiation, radiation dose on March 20, 2011 (μSv/h)

dTotal quakes, total number of aftershocks from March 11, 2011 to January 31, 2012

eJMA-SI, Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity

fAIC, Akaike's Information Criterion