Table 3

Children's psychological health*

Biological risk§
NoYes
*Self reporting scale; †adjusted for maternal education, sex, number of people in household, and house type; ‡sampling on exposure extremes (<50 dB,A,Ldn; >60 dB,A,Ldn); §birth weight <2500 g or <37 weeks of gestation.
Noise exposure <50 dB,A,Ldn‡n=50n=7
    Mean (95% CI)†96.2 (93.0 to 99.4)94.6 (87.4 to 101.8)
Noise exposure >60 dB,A,Ldn‡n=43n=15
    Mean (95% CI)†92.8 (89.4 to 96.1)80.9 (70.3 to 91.5)