Table 4.

Eight year longitudinal wellbeing and psychological distress for passive smokers by location of ETS exposure^a

Location of ETS exposure		Health outcomes
		Wellbeing scores (SF-8)b				Psychological Distress (Kessler 6)c
		Physical Component		Mental Component
		aMDd	95 % CI	aMDd	95 % CI	aORe	95 % CI
Overall	Home	−0.48***	−0.67 to −0.28	−0.59***	−0.81 to −0.37	1.21***	1.14 to 1.29
	Recreational places	−0.28**	−0.48 to −0.07	−0.52***	−0.75 to −0.29	1.23***	1.15 to 1.32
	Work	−0.45***	−0.63 to −0.29	−0.58***	−0.77 to −0.38	1.23***	1.16 to 1.30
	Transport station	−0.37***	−0.54 to −0.21	−0.35***	−0.53 to −0.16	1.10***	1.04 to 1.17
Male	Home	−0.20	−0.62 to 0.23	−0.54*	−1.02 to −0.07	1.23*	1.06 to 1.42
	Recreational places	−0.16	−0.50 to 0.19	−0.58**	−0.96 to −0.19	1.37***	1.21 to 1.54
	Work	−0.23	−0.54 to 0.07	−0.62***	−0.96 to −0.27	1.13*	1.01 to 1.26
	Transport station	−0.30*	−0.60 to 0.00	−0.24	−0.57 to 0.01	1.15*	1.04 to 1.29
Female	Home	−0.54***	−0.76 to −0.31	−0.60***	−0.85 to −0.34	1.21***	1.12 to 1.30
	Recreational places	−0.34**	−0.59 to −0.09	−0.49**	−0.78 to −0.21	1.18**	1.08 to 1.27
	Work	−0.55***	−0.75 to −0.34	−0.55***	−0.79 to −0.32	1.27***	1.18 to 1.36
	Transport station	−0.41***	−0.61 to −0.21	−0.40***	−0.62 to −0.17	1.09*	1.02 to 1.16

*p < 0.05 **p < 0.01 ***p < 0.001

^aadjusted for demographic attributes (age group, sex, marital status, urbanisation), SES (assets, income, education), and other factors (drinking, number of health conditions, body sizes)

^bmultiple linear regression for SF-8 physical and mental component scores (PCS & MCS)

^cbinary logistic regression for psychological distress (K6 14–30) vs non distress (K6 6–13)

^dadjusted mean difference

^eadjusted odds ratio