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Table 4 Results of multivariate analyses for ARI in all age categories (overall), children (<16years) and adults

From: “Sickenin’ in the rain” – increased risk of gastrointestinal and respiratory infections after urban pluvial flooding in a population-based cross-sectional study in the Netherlands

Model & Covariates

Overall without ARI

Overall with ARI

aOR

Children without ARI

Children with ARI

aOR

Adults without ARI

Adults with ARI

aOR

N (%)

N (%)

(95% CI) a

N (%)

N (%)

(95% CI) a

N (%)

N (%)

(95% CI) a

Type of exposure

 Skin contact

406 (68)

121 (88)

3.6 (1.9, 6.9)

54 (64)

16 (89)

NA

352 (69)

105 (88)

3.7 (1.8, 7.7)

Type of activity

 Water contact

  No (ref)

  

ref

  

ref

  

ref

  Yes, no cleaning

168 (17)

44 (27)

3.0 (1.6, 5.7)

NA

NA

NA

112 (13)

28 (20)

3.8 (1.9, 7.6)

  Yes, cleaning inside

155 (16)

35 (21)

4.0 (2.2, 7.4)

NA

NA

NA

149 (18)

35 (25)

4.3 (2.2, 8.4)

  Yes, cleaning outside

61 (6)

22 (13)

4.4 (2.2, 8.7)

NA

NA

NA

59 (7)

22 (15)

5.2 (2.5, 10.7)

  Yes, cleaning in & out

98 (10)

32 (19)

5.5 (3.0, 10.3)

NA

NA

NA

95 (11)

32 (23)

5.7 (2.9, 11.3)

 Cycled

61 (6)

25 (15)

NA

12 (8)

3 (13)

NA

49 (6)

22 (15)

NA

 Do not know

2 (0)

5 (3)

9.4 (1.4, 64.9)

0 (0)

2 (8)

NA

2 (0)

3 (2)

NA

  1. Note: aOR adjusted odds ratio, CI confidence interval, NA not applicable (overall analyses of exposure vs AGE could not be performed for children), ref reference category
  2. aAdjusted for age, sex, summer, having hay fever and having lung anomalies (e.g. asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - COPD, etc.)
  3. Factors with a p-value <0.05 are expressed in bold