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Table 6 Eczema in relation to traffic.

From: Traffic exposure associated with allergic asthma and allergic rhinitis in adults. A cross-sectional study in southern Sweden

  

Self-reported allergic eczema

Diagnosed hand-eczema

Hand-eczema last 12 months

  

n

n, %

Adj ORa

n, %

Adj ORa

n, %

Adj ORa

Heavy traffic

No

6041

681(11.3%)

1.00

373(6.2%)

1.00

345(5.7%)

1.00

 

Yes

3275

458(14.0%)

1.16(1.02–1.32)

228(7.0%)

1.12(0.94–1.33)

251(7.7%)

1.32(1.12–1.57)

Heaviest road radie <100 m

no heavy road

3755

442(11.8%)

1.00

228(6.1%)

1.00

221(5.9%)

1.00

 

<2 cars/min

2235

262(11.7%)

0.99(0.84–1.17)

148(6.6%)

1.10(0.89–1.37)

135(6.0%)

1.04(0.83–1.29)

 

2–5 cars/min

1820

226(12.4%)

1.04(0.87–1.24)

116(6.4%)

1.08(0.86–1.37)

117(6.4%)

1.11(0.88–1.40)

 

6–10 cars/min

886

119(13.4%)

1.15(0.92–1.43)

64(7.2%)

1.20(0.90–1.61)

65(7.3%)

1.29(0.97–1.72)

 

>10 cars/min

578

84(14.5%)

1.08(0.83–1.40)

45(7.8%)

1.35(0.96–1.89)

56(9.7%)

1.63(1.19–2.23)

NOx (ug/m3)

0–8

1855

209(11.3%)

1.00

108(5.8%)

1.00

111(6.0%)

1.00

 

8–11

1855

206(11.1%)

0.99(0.80–1.22)

124(6.7%)

1.15(0.88–1.50)

108(5.8%)

0.97(0.74–1.28)

 

11–14

1855

251(13.5%)

1.19(0.98–1.46)

124(6.7%)

1.17(0.90–1.53)

131(7.1%)

1.20(0.92–1.56)

 

14–19

1858

225(12.1%)

1.09(0.89–1.33)

123(6.6%)

1.15(0.88–1.50)

117(6.3%)

1.08(0.83–1.42)

 

>19

1851

242(13.1%)

1.06(0.87–1.30)

122(6.6%)

1.16(0.89–1.52)

127(6.9%)

1.13(0.86–1.47)

   

p-trend

0.44

p-trend

0.52

p-trend

0.357

  1. a OR:s, 95% CI, Adjusted for age, sex and smoking