Association between disaster experience and disease prevalence after the disaster
| Disease prevalence | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Atopic dermatitis | Asthma | Other diseases | ||||||
| OR (95% CI) | p Value | OR (95% CI) | p Value | OR (95% CI) | p Value | OR (95% CI) | p Value | ||
| Boys (n=31,238) | |||||||||
| Disaster experience | No | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Yes | 1.60 (1.25–2.04) | 0.0001 | 1.62 (1.08–2.44) | 0.02 | 1.69 (1.16–2.48) | 0.007 | 1.61 (1.17–2.21) | 0.004 | |
| House destroyed | No | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Yes | 1.47 (0.99–2.17) | 0.06 | 1.97 (1.09–3.56) | 0.02 | 1.29 (0.66–2.52) | 0.5 | 1.28 (0.74–2.21) | 0.4 | |
| Tsunami | No | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Yes | 2.13 (1.31–3.44) | 0.002 | 2.53 (1.22–5.24) | 0.01 | 1.64 (0.72–3.77) | 0.2 | 2.19 (1.19–4.04) | 0.01 | |
| Moving house | No | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Yes | 1.08 (0.57–2.04) | 0.8 | 1.40 (0.51–3.83) | 0.5 | 0.30 (0.04–2.14) | 0.2 | 1.40 (0.65–3.05) | 0.4 | |
| Living in an evacuation center | No | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Yes | 1.67 (1.00–2.80) | 0.053 | 2.92 (1.46–5.83) | 0.002 | 1.37 (0.56–3.38) | 0.5 | 1.60 (0.80–3.19) | 0.2 | |
| Death in the family | No | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Yes | 1.52 (0.43–5.31) | 0.5 | 3.69 (0.84–16.27) | 0.1 | – | 0.95 (0.13–7.18) | 1.0 | ||
| Girls (n=29,032) | |||||||||
| Disaster experience | No | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Yes | 1.79 (1.38–2.32) | <0.0001 | 1.27 (0.76–2.09) | 0.4 | 2.56 (1.69–3.86) | <0.0001 | 1.73 (1.22–2.46) | 0.002 | |
| House destroyed | No | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Yes | 1.96 (1.32–2.89) | 0.0008 | 1.33 (0.62–2.85) | 0.5 | 3.50 (2.02–6.07) | <0.0001 | 1.52 (0.86–2.69) | 0.1 | |
| Tsunami | No | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Yes | 2.94 (1.93–4.48) | <0.0001 | 1.70 (0.75–3.87) | 0.2 | 2.88 (1.40–5.92) | 0.004 | 3.18 (1.90–5.34) | <0.0001 | |
| Moving house | No | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Yes | 1.96 (1.12–3.43) | 0.02 | 1.18 (0.37–3.73) | 0.8 | 4.19 (2.01–8.71) | 0.0001 | 1.45 (0.63–3.34) | 0.4 | |
| Living in an evacuation center | No | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Yes | 1.75 (1.04–2.95) | 0.03 | 1.60 (0.65–3.94) | 0.3 | 1.99 (0.81–4.91) | 0.1 | 1.57 (0.76–3.23) | 0.2 | |
| Death in the family | No | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Yes | 0.74 (0.10–5.67) | 0.7 | 2.63 (0.34–20.13) | 0.4 | – | – | |||
OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; P, P value. Unadjusted, unconditional logistic regression.