Journal of Environmental and Public Health

Research Article

The Association between Residence Floor Level and Cardiovascular Disease: The Health and Environment in Oslo Study

Table 5

Results from logistic regression models (block apartment residents only ()). The figures represent odds ratios (OR) including 95% confidence intervals (CI) for the different outcomes. The category basement and 1st floor is reference category.
 Basement and 1st floor
2nd-3rd floor
4th-5th floor
6th–10th floor
≥11th floor
-trend
OR95% CIOR95% CIOR95% CIOR95% CI
Stroke          
 Model 01 (ref.)0.907(0.676–1.215)0.874(0.619–1.234)1.249(0.805–1.937)1.293(0.545–3.068)0.363
 Model 11 (ref.)0.921(0.682–1.243)1.030(0.723–1.467)1.151(0.734–1.807)1.170(0.482–2.842)0.377
 Model 21 (ref.)0.930(0.689–1.257)1.054(0.739–1.503)1.166(0.741–1.833)1.138(0.469–2.764)0.354
 Model 31 (ref.)0.935(0.689–1.269)1.076(0.750–1.544)1.134(0.715–1.798)1.215(0.494–2.991)0.316
Venous thromboembolism (VTE)          
 Model 01 (ref.)1.056(0.790–1.411)0.765(0.533–1.098)1.615(1.069–2.439)1.574(0.700–3.540)0.715
 Model 11 (ref.)1.082(0.806–1.452)0.876(0.607–1.263)1.568(1.030–2.386)1.475(0.645–3.371)0.516
 Model 21 (ref.)1.086(0.809–1.459)0.895(0.620–1.293)1.563(1.025–2.383)1.446(0.632–3.311)0.484
 Model 31 (ref.)1.091(0.810–1.467)0.900(0.621–1.303)1.517(0.992–2.321)1.440(0.626–3.310)0.491
Intermittent claudication (IC)          
 Model 01 (ref.)0.903(0.684–1.192)0.633(0.444–0.904)0.949(0.603–1.496)1.570(0.732–3.368)0.573
 Model 11 (ref.)0.905(0.680–1.204)0.741(0.515–1.066)0.881(0.553–1.405)1.424(0.646–3.139)0.551
 Model 21 (ref.)0.918(0.690–1.222)0.761(0.529–1.096)0.894(0.559–1.428)1.380(0.626–3.039)0.519
 Model 31 (ref.)0.945(0.708–1.262)0.796(0.551–1.151)0.886(0.552–1.423)1.418(0.637–3.153)0.549
Model 0: crude associations.
Model 1: age, gender, living with someone, and country of birth (sociodemographics).
Model 2: Model 1 + education and occupational status (SES).
Model 3: Model 2 + BMI, PA, smoking status, alcohol consumption, and diet (health behaviors).