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Table 2 Association of air pollutant concentrations and water quality indicators with clusters of multimorbidity

From: Insights into relationship of environmental inequalities and multimorbidity: a population-based study

 

Multicondition

Musculoskeletal

Cardiovascular

OR

95% CI

p

OR

95% CI

p

OR

95% CI

p

Air pollutants

 SO2

1.02

1.01, 1.03

0.003

1.01

1.00, 1.02

0.024

0.99

0.97, 1.02

0.638

 PM10

1.02

1.01, 1.04

 < 0.001

1.02

1.01, 1.03

 < 0.001

1.01

0.99, 1.03

0.407

 O3

1.08

1.06, 1.11

 < 0.001

1.08

1.07, 1.09

 < 0.001

1.03

1.00, 1.06

0.069

 NO2

0.97

0.95, 0.98

 < 0.001

0.98

0.97, 0.99

 < 0.001

1.00

0.97, 1.03

0.990

Water quality

 Satisfactory

ref

        

 Physico-chemical contamination

1.81

1.30, 2.52

 < 0.001

1.39

1.11, 1.73

0.004

1.99

1.14, 3.45

0.015

 Microbiological contamination

2.05

1.54, 2.72

 < 0.001

1.57

1.31, 1.88

 < 0.001

1.78

1.12, 2.83

0.015

 Combined contamination

1.84

1.40, 2.41

 < 0.001

1.17

0.98, 1.40

0.081

1.99

1.31, 3.02

0.001

 

Respiratory

Metabolic syndrome

   

OR

95% CI

p

OR

95% CI

p

   

Air pollutants

 SO2

1.02

1.00, 1.03

0.040

1.00

0.99, 1.01

0.499

   

 PM10

1.01

0.99, 1.02

0.456

1.01

1.00, 1.01

0.050

   

 O3

1.01

0.99, 1.04

0.334

1.02

1.01, 1.03

0.002

   

 NO2

1.00

0.98, 1.02

0.958

0.99

0.98, 1.00

0.058

   

Water quality

 Satisfactory

ref

        

 Physico-chemical contamination

1.14

0.71, 1.85

0.584

1.16

0.94, 1.42

0.163

   

 Microbiological contamination

1.54

1.08, 2.21

0.017

1.23

1.06, 1.44

0.008

   

 Combined contamination

1.12

0.78, 1.60

0.543

1.04

0.90, 1.21

0.572

   
  1. OR Odds Ratio, CI Confidence Interval
  2. reference group for odds ratio calculations was Healthy cluster (n = 7581)