Health outcomes and chronic exposure (ORs (95% CIs) for association with proximity to opencast sites)
| Community | OR3-150 | 95% CI | Children (n) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opencast | Control | ||||||||
| Cumulative prevalence (%): | |||||||||
| Wheeze | 36 | 37 | 1.03 | 0.8 to 1.2 | 3216 | ||||
| Asthma | 21 | 21 | 1.03 | 0.8 to 1.2 | 3216 | ||||
| Bronchitis | 8 | 6 | 1.3 | 0.99 to 1.8 | 3216 | ||||
| Period prevalence in past year (%): | |||||||||
| ⩾12 Wheezing attacks | 6 | 9 | 0.5 | 0.2 to 0.93 | 5883-151 | ||||
| Woken child at night | 62 | 68 | 0.8 | 0.6 to 1.2 | 588 | ||||
| Limited speech | 18 | 20 | 0.9 | 0.5 to 1.4 | 588 | ||||
| Occurred on exercise | 60 | 61 | 1.01 | 0.7 to 1.5 | 588 | ||||
↵3-150 OR from logistic regression estimating association with community type after adjustment for pairs, child's sex, number of people in household, smoking, moulting pets, use of polluting fuel to heat or cook, damp, housing tenure, unemployment, access to transport, child's age, family history of asthma, eczema, or hayfever, propensity of parent to worry, and population stability.
↵3-151 Children who have had asthma or wheezing attack in past year.