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

Table 5.

Risk of symptoms in children in a population exposed to the Eyjafjallajökull volcanic eruption by residence exposure level in 2013.

  Non-exposed 2013 (n = 189)
Low exposure 2013* (n = 51)
Medium exposure 2013* (n = 287)
High exposure 2013* (n = 126)
  OR (95% CI) % (n/N) OR (95% CI) % (n/N) OR (95% CI) % (n/N) OR (95% CI) % (n/N)
Respiratory symptoms 1 (reference) 18.5 (34/184) 1.36 (0.59 to 2.99) 22.0 (11/50) 1.34 (0.82 to 2.22) 23.5 (67/285) 1.27 (0.69 to 2.34) 23.4 (29/124)
      1 (reference)   1.07 (0.53 to 2.30)   1.03 (0.47 to 2.36)  
Stomach pain/nausea 1 (reference) 28.1 (52/185) 0.20 (0.01 to 1.55) 24.5 (12/49) 0.27 (0.01 to 1.77) 28.2 (79/280) 0.21 (0.01 to 1.42) 22.0 (27/123)
      1 (reference)   1.23 (0.62 to 2.60)   0.88 (0.40 to 2.00)  
Anxiety/worries 1 (reference) 24.0 (44/183) 0.75 (0.29 to 1.78) 16.3 (8/49) 1.41 (0.88 to 2.29) 27.2 (77/283) 1.43 (0.77 to 2.63) 24.0 (29/121)
      1 (reference)   1.92 (0.90 to 4.59)   1.70 (0.74 to 4.28)  
Behavioural problems 1 (reference) 18.7 (34/182) 0.54 (0.17 to 1.41) 11.0 (5/47) 1.02 (0.62 to 1.71) 19.0 (53/278) 1.07 (0.57 to 2.00) 18.5 (22/119)
      1 (reference)   1.99 (0.82 to 5.98)   1.98 (0.75 to 6.24)  
Headache(s) 1 (reference) 24.2 (45/186) 0.61 (0.24 to 1.43) 16.3 (8/49) 1.30 (0.81 to 2.08) 27.0 (33/122) 1.38 (0.76 to 2.49) 27.0 (33/122)
      1 (reference)   2.15 (0.98 to 5.25)   2.31 (0.98 to 6.00)  
Depressed mood 1 (reference) 27.3 (50/183) 0.37 (0.13 to 0.90) 12.2 (6/49) 1.06 (0.68 to 1.68) 28.3 (80/283) 0.83 (0.46 to 1.49) 21.3 (26/122)
      1 (reference)   2.82 (1.24 to 7.63)   1.70 (0.74 to 4.28)  
Sleep disturbances 1 (reference) 22.7 (42/185) 0.41 (0.13 to 1.04) 10.4 (5/48) 0.93 (0.58 to 1.51) 22.1 (62/280) 1.10 (0.62 to 1.96) 25.4 (31/122)
      1 (reference)   2.42 (1.00 to 7.23)   2.82 (1.10 to 8.73)  

*Regions are seen in Figure 1

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