Socioeconomic position and health status of people who live near busy roads: the Rome Longitudinal Study (RoLS)

Table 4 Association of socioeconomic position (SEP) with traffic exposure

	Living at < = 50 m from HTR					Distance from HTR				Traffic density from HTR within 150 m from home
	%	OR^†	95% CI	OR^‡	95% CI	GMR^†	95% CI	GMR^‡	95% CI	GMR^†	95% CI	GMR^‡	95% CI
Age group
0-17	15.3	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
18-34	16.4	1.09	1.06 - 1.11	1.05	1.02 - 1.09	0.94	0.92 - 0.95	0.97	0.95 - 0.99	1.03	1.02 - 1.04	1.02	1.01 - 1.04
35-64	16.6	1.10	1.08 - 1.13	1.05	1.02 - 1.08	0.91	0.90 - 0.93	0.96	0.94 - 0.98	1.03	1.02 - 1.04	1.02	1.01 - 1.03
65-74	18.3	1.24	1.19 - 1.29	1.19	1.14 - 1.24	0.81	0.79 - 0.83	0.85	0.82 - 0.87	1.07	1.05 - 1.08	1.06	1.04 - 1.08
75+	20.4	1.41	1.35 - 1.48	1.33	1.27 - 1.39	0.71	0.69 - 0.74	0.77	0.74 - 0.79	1.10	1.08 - 1.12	1.09	1.07 - 1.11
Area based SEP			-		- -		-		-
High	18.1	1.00	-	1.00		1.00	-		-	1.00		1.00
Medium-high	19.0	1.07	0.91 - 1.26	1.08	0.92 - 1.27	0.94	0.84 - 1.05	0.93	0.83 - 1.04	1.06	0.98 - 1.14	1.06	0.99 - 1.14
Medium	20.8	1.20	1.01 - 1.41	1.21	1.03 - 1.43	0.93	0.82 - 1.04	0.92	0.82 - 1.03	1.11	1.03 - 1.19	1.11	1.04 - 1.20
Medium-low	15.0	0.81	0.68 - 0.96	0.82	0.69 - 0.98	1.31	1.16 - 1.47	1.28	1.14 - 1.44	1.01	0.94 - 1.09	1.02	0.94 - 1.09
Low	11.7	0.61	0.50 - 0.74	0.62	0.51 - 0.76	1.60	1.41 - 1.81	1.57	1.38 - 1.77	0.86	0.79 - 0.93	0.86	0.79 - 0.94
Education*			-		-		-		-
University	18.6	1.00	-	1.00	-	1.00	-		-	1.00		1.00
High school	17.3	0.93	0.90 - 0.96	0.97	0.94 - 0.99	1.10	1.08 - 1.12	1.05	1.03 - 1.07	0.98	0.96 - 0.99	0.98	0.97 - 0.99
Secondary school	16.3	0.83	0.78 - 0.88	0.95	0.91 - 0.99	1.24	1.19 - 1.30	1.06	1.04 - 1.09	0.95	0.92 - 0.97	0.98	0.96 - 1.00
Primary school	15.4	0.76	0.71 - 0.82	0.91	0.86 - 0.95	1.34	1.27 - 1.41	1.11	1.07 - 1.14	0.94	0.91 - 0.97	0.98	0.96 - 1.00

*(> = 6 year olds)
† multiple regression models including sex, and age group
‡ multiple regression models including sex, age group, area-based SEP, and education

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