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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Pulmonol. 2015 Oct 5;51(6):633–642. doi: 10.1002/ppul.23332

Table 3.

Simple logistic regression analyses for the association of being in a cluster by phenotype of lower respiratory illness and exposure concentration of air pollutant (μg/m3) in the census tract (per interquartile range of air pollutant).

Pollutant Wheezing LRI Cluster Viral LRI Cluster RSV LRI Cluster
OR P OR P OR P
Acetaldehyde 1.45 0.004 1.02 0.91 0.76 0.12
Acrolein 1.15 0.0 1.04 0.09 1.19 0.28
Arsenic 1.22 0.35 0.76 0.26 1.09 0.41
Benzene 1.51 0.09 0.96 0.85 2.08 0.001*
Butadiene 1.33 0.17 1.45 0.0 2.05 <0.001*
Chromium 1.41 <0.001* 0.98 0.86 0.79 0.07
Diesel PM 1.41 <0.001* 1.10 0.19 0.89 0.32
Formaldehyde 1.29 0.01 0.12 0.22 0.96 0.73
Lead 1.08 <0.001* 1.08 0.002 0.81 0.003
Manganese 1.49 0.11 0.95 0.79 2.22 <0.001*
Mercury 1.31 0.02 1.30 0.008 1.56 <0.001*
Nickel 1.62 <0.001* 1.07 0.56 1.02 0.85
POM 1.46 0.14 0.94 0.77 2.28 <0.001*
Cadmium 1.28 0.36 0.86 0.39 1.13 0.32
Beryllium 1.23 0.04 1.12 0.23 1.53 <0.001*
Trichloroethylene 1.57 0.002 1.34 0.02 1.47 0.002
Perchloroethylene 1.72 0.008 1.25 0.18 1.96 <0.001*
Ethylene dichloride 1.43 0.10 1.17 0.40 1.05 0.80
Chloroform 1.63 0.03 1.35 0.13 1.31 0.16
Methylene chloride 1.64 0.006 1.35 0.05 1.77 <0.001*
1,2-dichloropropene 1.51 0.10 0.96 0.86 2.17 <0.001*
Ethylene oxide 1.23 0.08 1.27 0.04 1.61 <0.001*
Quinolone 1.19 <0.001* 1.04 0.41 0.91 0.20
Hydrazine 1.12 <0.001* 1.05 0.10 0.93 0.17

Note. PM=particulate matter; POM= polycyclic organic matter; CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio;

*

indicates significance after Bonferroni correction (p<0.002 for air pollutants).