Table 4
Association between air pollutant (PM2.5, NO2 or O3) and standardized (z-score) K10 distress score from Canadian Community Health Survey respondents, selected cycles, using ordinary least squares regression
| Pollutant, provinceTable 4 Note ‡ and modelTable 4 Note ‡‡ | Numbers | Air pollutant in regression model - OLS | Air pollutant in regression model - SAR spatial lag | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| numbers | coefficient | t-stat | coefficient | z-score | |
| PM2.5 | |||||
| Ontario | |||||
| Unadjusted | 36,000 | 0.020 | 6.667Table 4 Note †† | 0.017 | 5.930Table 4 Note †† |
| Fully adjusted | Note ...: not applicable | 0.002 | 0.785 | 0.002 | 0.552 |
| Quebec | |||||
| Unadjusted | 25,800 | 0.021 | 7.553Table 4 Note †† | 0.019 | 7.039Table 4 Note †† |
| Fully adjusted | Note ...: not applicable | 0.009 | 2.741Table 4 Note †† | 0.009 | 2.621Table 4 Note †† |
| Alberta and British Columbia | |||||
| Unadjusted | 23,000 | 0.021 | 4.146Table 4 Note †† | 0.019 | 3.733Table 4 Note †† |
| Fully adjusted | Note ...: not applicable | 0.004 | 0.712 | 0.003 | 0.590 |
| NO2 | |||||
| Ontario | |||||
| Unadjusted | 36,000 | 0.007 | 6.281Table 4 Note †† | 0.006 | 5.653Table 4 Note †† |
| Fully adjusted | Note ...: not applicable | 0.001 | 0.978 | 0.001 | 0.784 |
| Quebec | |||||
| Unadjusted | 25,800 | 0.006 | 8.874Table 4 Note †† | 0.005 | 8.293Table 4 Note †† |
| Fully adjusted | Note ...: not applicable | 0.003 | 2.804Table 4 Note †† | 0.002 | 2.708Table 4 Note †† |
| Alberta and British Columbia | |||||
| Unadjusted | 23,000 | 0.002 | 1.911 | 0.002 | 1.743 |
| Fully adjusted | Note ...: not applicable | -0.004 | -2.997Table 4 Note †† | -0.004 | -2.898Table 4 Note †† |
| O3 | |||||
| Ontario | |||||
| Unadjusted | 36,000 | -0.002 | -2.253Table 4 Note †† | -0.002 | -2.056Table 4 Note †† |
| Fully adjusted | Note ...: not applicable | -0.001 | -0.729 | -0.001 | -0.774 |
| Quebec | |||||
| Unadjusted | 25,800 | 0.004 | 3.090Table 4 Note †† | 0.004 | 3.006Table 4 Note †† |
| Fully adjusted | Note ...: not applicable | 0.004 | 3.341Table 4 Note †† | 0.004 | 3.271Table 4 Note †† |
| Alberta and British Columbia | |||||
| Unadjusted | 23,000 | -0.003 | -2.028Table 4 Note †† | -0.002 | -1.798 |
| Fully adjusted | Note ...: not applicable | -0.001 | -0.641 | -0.001 | -0.623 |
... not applicable
OLS = ordinary least squares regression. SAR = simultaneous autoregressive model. Pollutants include fine particulate matter (PM2.5), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and ozone (O3). Sources: Canadian Community Health Survey content: selected sample of distress module, 2005, 2011 and 2012; Matheson FI, Dunn JR, Smith KL, et al. Development of the Canadian Marginalization Index: a new tool for the study of inequality. Canadian Journal of Public Health 2012; 103(S2): 12-6; van Donkelaar A, Martin RV, Spurr RJ, et al. High-resolution satellite-derived PM2.5 from optical estimation and geographically weighted regression over North America. Environmental Science and Technology 2015; 49: 10482-91; Hystad P, Setton E, Cervantes A, et al. Creating national air pollution models for population exposure assessment in Canada. Environmental Health Perspectives 2011; 119: 1123-9; Robichaud A, Ménard R, Zaïtseva Y, et al. Multi-pollutant surface objective analyses and mapping of air quality health index over North America. Air Quality and Atmospheric Health 2016; 9: 743-59. |
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