Table 1 Descriptive analysis in children under 15 years old from the Alt Empordà region in Catalonia, Spain, from 2009 to 2019.

From: Air pollution and children’s mental health in rural areas: compositional spatio-temporal model

Variable

Behavioural and development disorders

 Yes 0.0882

 No 0.9118

Anxiety

 Yes 0.0174

 No 0.9826

ADHD

 Yes 0.0076

 No 0.9924

Eating disorders

 Yes 0.0037

 No 0.9963

Gender

 Girl 0.479

 Boy 0.521

Glucose intolerance

 Yes 0.011

 No 0.989

Obesity

 Yes 0.074

 No 0.926

Alcohol consumption

 Yes 0.002

 No 0.998

Tobacco consumption

 Yes 0.016

 No 0.984

Individual socioeconomic level

Economic contribution up to 10% 0.103

Economic contribution 40% 0.688

Economic contribution of 50% or more 0.209

Average income in the census tract

 Q1 0.790

 Q2 0.088

 Q3 0.058

 Q4 0.064

Age in years[a]

 11.00 (6.08)

 11 (6, 15)

Number of chronic diseases[a]

 0.15 (0.40)

 0 (0, 0)

PM10 (μg/m3)[a]

 22.52 (3.07)

 21.36 (20.69, 23.54)

NO2 (μg/m3) [a]

 34.69 (5.33)

 34.54 (30.12, 36.97)

O3 (μg/m3) [a]

 44.10 (7.11)

 43.62 (42.43, 48.79)

CO (mg/m3)[a]

 0.290 (0.044)

 0.282 (0.249, 0.314)

SO2 (μg/m3) [a]

 2.20 (0.25)

 2.20 (2.03, 2.37)

  1. [a] First row: Mean (Standard deviation). Second row: Median (Q1, Q3).
  2. Population size: 24,674 (2,382 have at least one of mental health disorder).