TABLE 3—

Odds Ratios for Low Self-Reported Health Among Residents of Low-Income Housing by Environmental Index: Health in Common Study, Boston, MA, 2005–2009

Index	OR (95% CI)	P
Chemical	1.63 (0.97, 2.72)	.06
Mold	1.33 (0.88, 2.00)	.17
Secondhand smoke	1.87 (1.08, 3.24)	.03
Pest	1.39 (0.92, 2.10)	.12
Combustion byproducts	1.71 (0.94, 3.11)	.08
Inadequate ventilation	1.76 (0.95, 3.23)	.07
Summed
< 3 (Ref; n = 208)	1.00	< .001
3 (n = 235)	1.46 (0.85, 2.53)
> 3 (n = 385)	2.72 (1.57, 4.71)

Note. CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio. All associations are shown for individual models predicting secondhand smoke, adjusted for site, age, race/ethnicity, poverty status, survey language, education, having a child younger than 5 years in household, having an adult older than 65 years in household, tenure in apartment, gender, and ever having smoked. Effects for individual (binary) indexes reflect odds of self-reporting health as poor to fair, with good to excellent as control associated with the presence of the hazard (index = 1); associations between the summed index (range = 0–6) and self-reported health are shown for 3 categories (< 3, 3, > 3).