Table 2

Percentage increase (and 95% CI) in admissions after adjusting for long- and short-term patterns as well as the effect of weather per 10 μg/m3 increase in PM10 and 10 ppb increase in O3 concentrations in Nicosia Central.

A. Per 10 μg/m3 increase in daily 24-hour average PM10 4


All admissions2
Cardiovascular3
Respiratory
Cardiovascular + Respiratory

Lag 05
Lag 05
Lag 05
Lag 05


All age/sex groups
0.85 (0.55,1.15)
1.18 (-0.01,2.37)
0.10 (-0.91,1.11)
0.56 (-0.21,1.34)
     Nicosia residents1

0.73 (-0.62,2.09)
0.25 (-0.84,1.36)
0.38 (-0.47,1.23)





Males
0.96 (0.54,1.39)
1.27 (-0.15,2.72)
-0.06 (-1.37,1.26)
0.63 (-0.34,1.62)
Females
0.74 (0.31,1.18)
0.99 (-1.11,3.14)
0.39 (-1.21,2.02)
0.59 (-0.68,1.87)





Aged <15
0.47 (-0.13,1.08)

-0.35 (-1.77,1.08)

Aged >15
0.98 (0.63,1.33)

0.59 (-0.87,2.07)


B. Per 10 ppb increase in daily maximum 8-hour moving average O3


All admissions2
Cardiovascular3
Respiratory
Cardiovascular + Respiratory

Lag 25
Lag 15
Lag 25
Lag 25


All age/sex groups
0.51 (-0.16,1.18)
2.91 (0.12,5.77)
0.44 (-1.85,2.78)
0.70 (-1.05,2.49)
     Nicosia residents1

2.48 (-0.72,5.78)
0.73 (-1.75,3.27)
0.81 (-1.13,2.80)





Males
0.58 (-0.35,1.52)
2.70 (-0.63,6.13)
-1.76 (-4.63,1.19)
-0.00 (-2.17,2.22)
Females
0.45 (-0.50,1.41)
3.46 (-1.53,8.70)
3.89 (0.12,7.80)
1.93 (-1.03,4.97)





Aged <15
1.58 (0.25,2.92)

2.27 (-0.95,5.60)

Aged >15
0.15 (-0.62,0.92)

-1.65 (-4.89,1.70)


Notes: 1 After restricting the analyses to Nicosia residents. 2 Only aggregate numbers of all-cause admissions were available, thus it was not possible to restrict numbers to Nicosia residents. 3 Only includes people of adult age (15+) due to the rarity of cardiovascular events in those aged less than 15. 4 Restricted to days with daily average < 150 μg/m3. 5 Only the lag (lag 0 = same day or lag 1, 2 = previous two days) with the strongest positive association is shown.

Middleton et al. Environmental Health 2008 7:39   doi:10.1186/1476-069X-7-39