Human Impairment from Living near Confined Animal (Hog) Feeding Operations
Table 2
Profile of mood states (POMSs) for 25 near exposed compared to 22 distant exposed in Paulding, Ohio, and 58 unexposed Tennessee subjects (compared as means of percent predicted values, by analysis of variance, ANOVA).
POMS
A: 22 distant exposed mean ± sd
B: 25 near distant exposed mean ± sd
A versus B values
C: 58 TN unexposed mean ± sd
A versus C values
Score*
.0001
.0001
Range
—
—
Tension
.0001
.0001
Depression
.0003
.002
Anger
.0003
.0003
Vigor
.018
.137
Fatigue
.0004
.01
Confusion
.0001
.0001
*
Vigor subtracts from the sum of affective states, so can be minus 28.