Table 2.
Monitored Datab | CMAQc | ||||||||||
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Total n=6917 |
NO2 With n=4331 |
Without n=2586 |
O3 With n=5201 |
Without n=1716 |
PM2.5 With n=5298 |
Without n=1619 |
PM10 With n=4492 |
Without n=2425 |
With n=6227 |
Without n=690 |
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Sensitization (%) | |||||||||||
Anyd | 44.8 | 48.0 | 41.1 | 46.2 | 41.6 | 45.6 | 42.7 | 47.6 | 41.2 | 45.3 | 41.6 |
Inhalante | 42.7 | 45.9 | 38.9 | 43.9 | 39.8 | 43.5 | 40.6 | 45.5 | 38.9* | 43.1 | 39.6 |
Outdoorf | 30.1 | 34.4 | 24.9 | 32.0 | 25.7 | 31.8 | 25.7 | 34.4* | 24.5* | 30.7 | 26.2 |
Indoorg | 30.4 | 31.1 | 29.6 | 30.6 | 30.0 | 30.3 | 30.7 | 30.7 | 30.0 | 30.6 | 29.3 |
Foodh | 6.5 | 5.8 | 7.3 | 6.1 | 7.4 | 5.9 | 8.2 | 5.5 | 7.8* | 6.4 | 7.4 |
Abbreviations: CMAQ=Community Multiscale Air Quality Model
Prevalence differences between with and without are significant at p<.05
All percentages were weighted using NHANES survey weights
Subsamples for monitored PM2.5, O3, NO2, and PM10 linked to NHANES participants
Subsamples for PM2.5, O3, and NO2 linked to NHANES participants based on CMAQ data
Any=Detectable specific IgE to indoor, outdoor, or food allergens
Inhalant= Detectable specific IgE to indoor or outdoor allergens
Outdoor= Detectable specific IgE to Alternaria alternata, Asperigillus fumigatus, Bermuda grass, birch, oak, ragweed, Russian thistle, or rye grass
Indoor= Detectable specific IgE to cat dander, cockroach, dog dander, dust mite (Dermataphagoides farinae and Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus), mouse proteins, rat urine proteins
Food= Detectable specific IgE to egg white, milk, peanut or shrimp