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.