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Table 6 Combined effects of air pollutant and other risk factors on the results of DOPAE test among newborns (n = 1190)

From: Effects of ambient air pollution, fresh fruit and vegetable intakes as well as maternal psychosocial stress on the outcome of newborn otoacoustic emission hearing screening

 

PM10

PM2.5

Low

High

Interaction p

Low

High

Interaction p

Parity

 Primiparous

REF

REF

-

REF

REF

-

 Multiparous

0.489(0.233,1.028)

0.725(0.409,1.285)

0.602

0.616(0.313,1.210)

0.547(0.296,1.010)

0.918

Fruit or vegetable intake

 No

REF

REF

-

REF

REF

-

 Yes

0.212(0.059,0.763)*

0.592(0.149,2.346)

0.405

0.243(0.066,0.887)*

0.485(0.118,1.993)

0.383

Stressful life event

 No

REF

REF

-

REF

REF

-

 Yes

0.364(0.044,2.994)

4.242(1.742,10.329)**

0.033

3.549(1.125,11.202)*

1.749(0.656,4.663)

0.515

  1. Model adjusted all the covariates shows in Table 3, Table 4 and Table 5
  2. Interaction p-value was indicated as the significance of the associations air pollution exposure level and other risk factors on not passing DOPAE
  3. Interaction p-value < 0.1 was indicated as statistical significance
  4. *p ≤ 0.05
  5. **p ≤ 0.001