| |
Males
|
Females
|
|---|
| |
Distance of residence to main road
|
Distance of residence to main road
|
|---|
| |
<100 m
|
100-250 m
|
250-800 m
|
<100 m
|
100-250 m
|
250-800 m
|
|---|
| |
n = 263
|
n = 279
|
n = 402
|
n = 322
|
n = 332
|
n = 464
|
|---|
| |
%
|
%
|
%
|
%
|
%
|
%
|
|---|
|
Chronic cough
|
18.6
|
17.2
|
17.9
|
9.0
|
11.1
|
8.8
|
|
Chronic phlegm
|
22.8
|
17.6
|
21.1
|
7.8
|
7.2
|
5.8
|
|
Persistent wheeze
|
15.2 #
|
13.6
|
9.7
|
8.7
|
5.4
|
6.9
|
|
Dyspnea
|
17.9
|
16.1
|
18.4
|
35.4 **
|
28.3
|
23.9
|
|
COPD
|
14.4 #
|
9.7
|
9.2
|
4.3
|
2.4
|
2.6
|
|
Hay fever
|
16.7
|
21.1
|
19.2
|
18.3
|
16.3
|
22.0
|
|
Eye redness
|
17.1
|
17.6
|
19.2
|
22.7
|
23.8
|
22.5
|
|
Asthma
|
8.7
|
8.2
|
5.5
|
9.6 *
|
3.9
|
6.3
|
|
Eczema
|
10.3
|
7.9
|
9.2
|
11.2
|
12.3
|
12.9
|
|
Attacks of shortness of breath with wheeze
|
11.4
|
11.1
|
9.2
|
9.3 **
|
3.3
|
5.8
|
- *** p < 0.001, ** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05, # 0.05 < p < 0.1 (borderline) from Pearson chi-square test; comparison between subjects living at different distances from the main road, separately in males and in females
