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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2005 Sep 1;172(11):1371–1377. doi: 10.1164/rccm.200505-758OC

Table 4.

P values and beta coefficients for unadjusted logistic regression models for presence of health outcomes among anyone in the household using log endotoxin concentration as a continuous variable. Those shown in bold are significant at p≤0.05.

Disease outcomes Value Bedroom floor Bedding Family Room Floor Family Room Sofa Kitchen Floor
Diagnosed hay fever p 0.93 0.35 0.33 0.83 1.00
β 0.02 -0.18 0.25 0.05 0.00
Diagnosed asthma p 0.01 0.23 0.18 0.07 0.84
β 0.41 0.28 0.33 0.46 -0.05
Asthma symptoms past year p <0.001 0.14 0.03 0.06 0.30
β 0.75 0.36 0.52 0.57 0.25
Current asthma medication use p 0.001 0.05 0.04 0.37 0.06
β 0.72 0.46 0.55 0.34 0.48
Wheezing, ever p 0.005 0.16 0.20 0.36 0.08
β 0.58 0.27 0.34 0.20 0.37
Wheezing, past month p 0.009 0.02 0.10 0.15 0.10
β 0.58 0.47 0.35 0.38 0.40
Wheezing, past year p 0.02 0.07 0.12 0.85 0.20
β 0.44 0.35 0.30 -0.05 0.27

Household numbers for the seven health outcomes are as follows: bedroom floor n= 486-583; bedding n= 397-466; family room floor n=409-485; family room sofa n=407-463; kitchen floor n=380-450. 27