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. 2022 Feb 15;130(2):027009. doi: 10.1289/EHP9307

Table 4.

Within-airport odds ratios and confidence intervals [ORs (95% CIs)] for block group exposure to three different day–night average sound level (DNL) thresholds (i.e., three different models) for a 10% increase in percentage of block group with characteristic using multivariable hybrid mixed-effect logistic model with random intercept by airport.

Variables Models
DNL 45 dB(A) (n=86 airports; 74,170 block groups; 21,296 exposed) DNL 55 dB(A) (n=61 airports; 34,283 block groups; 3,476 exposed) DNL 65 dB(A) (n=15 airports; 4,031 block groups; 158 exposed)
Race/ethnicity (%)
 Non-Hispanic black 1.04 (1.03, 1.05) 0.98 (0.97, 1.00) 0.96 (0.89, 1.04)
 Non-Hispanic Asian 1.11 (1.09, 1.12) 1.04 (1.00, 1.07) 0.44 (0.30, 0.66)
 Hispanic 1.13 (1.11, 1.14) 1.05 (1.02, 1.07) 1.09 (0.96, 1.23)
 Non-Hispanic other 1.09 (1.05, 1.14) 1.03 (0.95, 1.12) 0.82 (0.54, 1.25)
 Non-Hispanic white Ref Ref Ref
Education (%)
<High school diploma or GED 1.02 (1.00, 1.04) 1.08 (1.04, 1.13) 1.08 (0.89, 1.30)
 High school diploma or GED 1.07 (1.05, 1.09) 1.21 (1.17, 1.26) 1.11 (0.93, 1.32)
>High school diploma or GED Ref Ref Ref
Household income (%)
<$25,000 1.02 (1.00, 1.03) 0.96 (0.93, 0.99) 0.99 (0.84, 1.15)
$25,000 to <$50,000 1.06 (1.04, 1.08) 1.01 (0.98, 1.05) 1.10 (0.92, 1.31)
$50,000 to <$75,000 1.06 (1.04, 1.08) 1.02 (0.98, 1.07) 1.17 (0.95, 1.43)
$75,000 Ref Ref Ref

Note: Models were adjusted for variables on race/ethnicity, education, household income, and airport. GED, General Education Development; Ref, reference.