Are Healthcare Providers Asking about Environmental Exposures? A Community-Based Mixed Methods Study

Table 3

Conditions associated with healthcare providers asking about living near a coal ash storage site.

Health condition (prevalence)	Crude OR, 95% CI	Adjusted OR, 95% CI
Allergies (54%)	1.87 (1.01–3.46)	2.05 (1.08–3.88)
High blood pressure (43%)	1.13 (0.62–2.05)	1.16 (0.63–2.14)
Anxiety (34%)	1.61 (0.87–2.98)	1.69 (0.90–3.18)
Depression (32%)	0.99 (0.53–1.89)	1.04 (0.54–1.98)
Asthma (26%)	2.02 (1.15–4.24)	2.49 (1.26–4.91)
Other lung conditions (17%)	2.25 (1.07–4.75)	2.47 (1.15–5.32)
Hearing loss (15%)	1.65 (0.74–3.68)	1.91 (0.82–4.43)
Heart disease (13%)	2.03 (0.89–4.65)	2.15 (0.92–5.03)
Cancer (13%)	1.41 (0.61–3.29)	1.42 (0.60–3.40)
Kidney problems (13%)	1.52 (0.65–3.56)	1.51 (0.63–3.64)
Nerve disease (13%)	1.83 (0.79–4.24)	1.88 (0.80–4.44)
Type 2 diabetes (11%)	0.65 (0.23–1.84)	0.72 (0.25–2.11)
Thyroid disease (11%)	1.00 (0.39–2.57)	1.03 (0.40–2.68)
Anemia (10%)	0.98 (0.36–2.68)	1.01 (0.36–2.82)

Adjusted for length of time living near a coal ash storage site.
Significant at .