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Table 5 Prevalence of exposure factors linked to the home context in the study cohort

From: Lifestyles and socio-cultural factors among children aged 6–8 years from five Italian towns: the MAPEC_LIFE study cohort

 

BS

LE

PG

PI

TO

mean

P-value

Residence in areas with heavy traffic (%)

Season I

35.6

24.8

33.6

22.9

53.7

34.2

<0.001 a

Season II

42.4

29.3

36.2

29.0

60.4

39.5

<0.001 a

Residence in areas with heavy traffic of heavy vehicles (%)

Season I

14.8

7.0

6.0

6.2

17.6

10.4

<0.001 a

Season II

11.6

5.4

7.7

5.2

17.6

9.5

<0.001 a

Use of stoves (d/m)

Season I

8.2

15.3

15.3

7.0

6.5

11.7

0.052 b

Season II

11.7

7.1

13.3

3.0

7.8

9.2

0.081 b

Use of fireplaces (d/m)

Season I

3.1

7.3

6.0

2.3

1.8

5.2

0.040 b

Season II

1.3

3.1

2.3

0.6

3.3

2.2

0.221 b

Presence of smokers inside the dwelling (%)

Season I

12.8

14.0

11.9

13.8

12.3

13.3

0.952 a

Season II

12.0

12.8

11.9

19.0

12.3

13.5

0.142 a

Staying in closed rooms with smokers (%)

Season I

4.0

3.7

3.0

3.3

3.5

3.5

0.981 a

Season II

2.4

3.3

3.0

3.8

1.8

2.8

0.725 a

Frequent presence of the child in the kitchen during food cooking (%)

Season I

19.2

14.0

14.5

17.6

20.3

17.1

0.271 a

Season II

13.2

16.5

10.6

12.9

18.5

14.3

0.116 a

Cooking on the griddle/barbecue (%)

Season I

62.4

56.2

56.2

59.5

48.0

56.5

0.027 a

Season II

64.8

63.6

57.9

69.5*

50.2

61.2*

<0.001 a

Use of solvents for hobbies (%)

Season I

2.0

4.5

4.7

5.7

3.1

4.0

0.264 a

Season II

1.6

3.7

3.4

3.3

4.4

3.3

0.508 a

  1. asignificance level by chi-squared test among frequencies in the various cities
  2. bsignificance level by one-way ANOVA among average values in the various cities
  3. *p-value <0.05 by chi-squared test between frequencies in the two seasons