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. 2015 Jul 25;8(1):32–40. doi: 10.4168/aair.2016.8.1.32

Table 4. Results of ordinary least square regression model for each disease (N=424).

Atopic dermatitis Asthma Allergic rhinitis
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
PM10 pollution PM10 observed at the district level (µg/m3) 0.012‡ -0.010† 0.006
PM10 interpolated at the sub-district level 0.052‡ 0.051‡ -0.061‡ -0.022 0.006 0.006
Weather factors Temperature (annual average) 0.002 -0.015 -0.036* -0.043† -0.019 -0.011 0.010 0.011 -0.009
Wind speed (annual average) -0.169‡ -0.146‡ -0.078* 0.061 0.036 0.036 -0.184‡ -0.180‡ -0.103†
Precipitation (annual average) -0.0006 -0.0002 0.0002 -0.0015 -0.0021† -0.0012 0.0008 0.0008 0.0013*
Socioeconomic factors Log of average land value (KRW/m3) 0.016 -0.044 0.002
% households relying on welfare subsidy -0.025‡ -0.006 -0.016‡
% household heads with college education -0.002 -0.005‡ -0.001
Apartment rate (%) 0.002‡ 0.002‡ 0.002‡
Population density (person/m2) -1.168 0.967 -0.594
Log of number of clinics and hospitals within the sub-district 0.024* 0.004 0.023
Model fit Constant 5.18‡ 3.42‡ 3.30‡ 7.14‡ 9.36‡ 8.05‡ 6.70‡ 6.68‡ 6.56‡
Adjusted R square 0.05 0.06 0.21 0.02 0.04 0.11 0.04 0.04 0.17

*P<0.1; †P<0.05; ‡P<0.01.