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. 2018 Mar 5;9(sup2):1442601. doi: 10.1080/20008198.2018.1442601

Table 2.

Risk of symptoms in children in a population exposed to the Eyjafjallajökull volcanic eruption by residence exposure level in 2010.

  Non-exposed 2010 (n = 372)
Low exposure 2010* (n = 78)
Medium exposure 2010* (n = 485)
High exposure 2010* (n = 218)
  OR (95% CI) % (n/N) OR (95% CI) % (n/N) OR (95% CI) % (n/N) OR (95% CI) % (n/N)
Respiratory symptoms 1 (reference) 23.4 (86/367) 0.85 (0.44 to 1.55) 19.5 (15/77) 1.47 (1.07 to 2.03) 31.4 (150/477) 1.52 (1.03 to 2.24) 31.9 (67/210
      1 (reference)   1.73 (0.97 to 3.27)   1.79 (0.96 to 3.50)  
Stomach pain/nausea 1 (reference) 28.3 (104/367) 0.72 (0.39 to 1.28) 23.1 (18/78) 1.02 (0.75 to 1.39) 29.1 (139/478) 1.05 (0.71 to 1.53) 28.9 (61/211)
      1 (reference)   1.41 (0.81 to 2.58)   1.45 (0.79 to 2.75)  
Anxiety/worries 1 (reference) 14.8 (54/364) 1.47 (0.75 to 2.76) 19.5 (15/77) 2.39 (1.67 to 3.45) 28.5 (136/478) 2.77 (1.81 to 4.27) 31.6 (66/209)
      1 (reference)   1.63 (0.90 to 3.10)   1.89 (1.00 to 3.74)  
Behavioural problems 1 (reference) 18.5 (67/363) 0.69 (0.32 to 1.37) 13.0 (10/77) 0.96 (0.67 to 1.38) 17.9 (85/474) 1.27 (0.83 to 1.94) 23.2 (49/211)
      1 (reference)   1.39 (0.71 to 2.99)   1.84 (0.91 to 4.07)  
Headache(s) 1 (reference) 20.9 (76/364) 1.18 (0.63 to 2.16) 23.1 (18/78) 1.91 (1.37 to 2.68) 31.0 (147/474) 2.19 (1.46 to 3.28) 33.6 (71/211)
      1 (reference)   1.61 (0.91 to 2.98)   1.85 (1.00 to 3.55)  
Depressed mood 1 (reference) 22.0 (80/364) 0.83 (0.43 to 1.53) 18.2 (14/77) 1.14 (0.82 to 1.60) 23.8 (114/478) 1.35 (0.90 to 2.00) 27.6 (59/214)
      1 (reference)   1.38 (0.76 to 2.66)   1.62 (0.86 to 3.24)  
Sleep disturbances 1 (reference) 21.0 (76/362) 0.85 (0.42 to 1.58) 16.9 (13/77) 1.10 (0.80 to 1.55) 22.9 (109/477) 1.65 (1.10 to 2.46) 29.0 (61/210)
      1 (reference)   1.29 (0.70 to 2.55)   1.95 (1.02 to 3.95)  

*Regions are seen in Figure 1

OR and 95% CI from multivariate logistic regression adjusted for age and gender.