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Table 2 Associations between residential aircraft noise exposure, individual and household characteristics and risk of self-assessed mental ill health, Belfast, 2011. Odds ratios and robust 95% confidence intervals reported

From: Aircraft noise and self-assessed mental health around a regional urban airport: a population based record linkage study

 

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Model 4

Model 5

Noise exposure

Low

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Moderate

1.12 (1.04, 1.21)

1.11 (1.03, 1.20)

1.04 (0.96, 1.12)

0.92 (0.85, 1.00)

0.92 (0.85, 1.00)

High

1.33 (1.21, 1.46)

1.32 (1.20, 1.45)

1.13 (1.03, 1.25)

1.04 (0.95, 1.15)

1.03 (0.93, 1.14)

Sex

Male

 

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Female

 

1.29 (1.25, 1.33)

1.34 (1.30, 1.39)

1.32 (1.28, 1.36)

1.34 (1.30, 1.39)

Age (years)

18–24

 

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

25–34

 

2.03 (1.89, 2.18)

2.13 (1.99, 2.29)

1.95 (1.82, 2.10)

1.84 (1.72, 1.98)

35–44

 

3.95 (3.69, 4.23)

3.51 (3.27, 3.77)

3.45 (3.21, 3.70)

2.85 (2.65, 3.06)

45–54

 

4.95 (4.62, 5.31)

3.80 (3.53, 4.09)

3.93 (3.65, 4.23)

2.53 (2.34, 2.73)

55–64

 

4.96 (4.60, 5.35)

3.38 (3.12, 3.66)

3.45 (3.18, 3.74)

1.61 (1.48, 1.76)

65–74

 

2.56 (2.35, 2.80)

1.50 (1.36, 1.64)

1.48 (1.34, 1.62)

0.55 (0.50, 0.61)

≥75

 

1.13 (1.01, 1.26)

0.64 (0.57, 0.72)

0.62 (0.55, 0.70)

0.19 (0.17, 0.22)

Ethnicity

White

 

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Non-white

 

0.38 (0.32, 0.44)

0.40 (0.34, 0.47)

0.32 (0.27, 0.37)

0.38 (0.32, 0.44)

Religion

Protestant

 

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Catholic

 

1.10 (1.06, 1.14)

1.13 (1.09, 1.17)

1.12 (1.08, 1.17)

1.09 (1.05, 1.14)

Other

 

0.99 (0.95, (1.04)

1.18 (1.13, 1.24)

1.12 (1.07, 1.17)

1.13 (1.08, 1.19)

Marital status

Married

 

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Never married

 

2.60 (2.48, 2.71)

2.24 (2.14, 2.35)

1.54 (1.46, 1.61)

1.61 (1.53, 1.69)

Cohabiting

 

1.28 (1.18, 1.39)

1.21 (1.11, 1.32)

0.92 (0.85, 1.00)

0.98 (0.90, 1.07)

Separated/divorced

 

3.72 (3.56, 3.90)

2.93 (2.80, 3.08)

1.96 (1.87, 2.06)

1.87 (1.77, 1.97)

Widowed

 

2.39 (2.21, 2.58)

1.87 (1.73, 2.01)

1.39 (1.29, 1.50)

1.26 (1.16, 1.36)

Educational attainment

Degree

  

1.00

1.00

1.00

A level

  

1.61 (1.50, 1.73)

1.41 (1.31, 1.51)

1.31 (1.22, 1.41)

5+ GCSEs

  

2.20 (2.06, 2.34)

1.83 (1.72, 1.95)

1.71 (1.60, 1.82)

Foundation

  

2.60 (2.46, 2.76)

1.99 (1.88, 2.12)

1.79 (1.68, 1.90)

No qualifications

  

4.83 (4.58, 5.10)

3.16 (2.98, 3.35)

2.46 (2.32, 2.61)

Household car availability

Two or more

   

1.00

1.00

One

   

1.56 (1.48, 1.66)

1.47 (1.39, 1.56)

None

   

2.31 (2.17, 2.46)

2.17 (2.04, 2.31)

Property tenure/capital value

≥£250 k

   

1.00

1.00

£200 k-£249 k

   

1.29 (1.09, 1.53)

1.23 (1.04, 1.46)

£150 k-£199 k

   

1.38 (1.20, 1.60)

1.25 (1.08, 1.45)

£100 k–149 k

   

1.52 (1.33, 1.73)

1.30 (1.14, 1.48)

£75 k-£99 k

   

1.70 (1.49, 1.93)

1.39 (1.22, 1.58)

<£75 k

   

1.66 (1.44, 1.90)

1.33 (1.16, 1.52)

Rented

   

2.41 (2.12, 2.74)

1.79 (1.57, 2.03)

Missing

   

2.46 (2.16, 2.81)

1.87 (1.64, 2.13)

Physical health conditions

0

    

1.00

1

    

1.98 (1.99, 2.08)

2

    

5.32 (5.04, 5.61)

3

    

6.98 (6.55, 7.43)

≥ 4

    

10.5 (9.69, 11.3)