Table 3. Associations between the exposure and worry with measures of health by adults (19 years and more) from logistic regression.
| Fair/poor health | Cardiovascular | High blood | Respiratory | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| diseasesb | pressure | diseasesc | |||
| OR (95% CI)a | OR (95% CI)a | OR (95% CI)a | OR (95% CI)a | ||
| PM2.5 (μg/m3) | 1.04 (0.72–1.50) | 0.57 (0.28–1.17) | 1.56 (1.13–2.15)** | 1.13 (0.74–1.73) | |
| PM2.5 adjusted for worry | 0.95 (0.64–1.39) | 0.64 (0.30–1.34) | 1.60 (1.15–2.22)** | 0.99 (0.63–1.55) | |
| Worry adjusted for PM2.5 | 1.07 (1,03–1,11)** | 1.02 (0,96–1,09) | 0.98 (0,95–1,02) | 1.08 (1,03–1,13)** | |
| NOX (μg/m3) | 1.01 (0.97–1.06) | 0.91 (0.84–0.98)* | 1.02 (0.98–1.06) | 1.03 (0.98–1.08) | |
| NOX adjusted for worry | 1.00 (0.95–1.05) | 0.89 (0.82–0.97)* | 1.02 (0.98–1.07) | 1.01 (0.95–1.06) | |
| Worry adjusted for NOX | 1.07 (1.03–1.11)** | 1.03 (0.97–1.10) | 0.99 (0.95–1.02) | 1.08 (1.03–1.13)** | |
a Adjusted for gender, age, education, smoking and passive smoking.
b Cerebral infarction, TIA, stroke or other serious heart diseases.
c Asthma, chronic bronchitis, pulmonary emphysema or chronic obstructive respiratory diseases.
*P<0.05
** p<0.01