Table 5 |
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Percent increase in respiratory visits (95% confidence interval) for specified change in pollutant concentration. |
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Pollutant |
Lag |
Mean |
Asthma |
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
Respiratory Infection |
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CO |
0 |
0.7 |
-1.8 (-5.8, 2.2) |
2.2 (-3.4, 8.1) |
-0.8 (-3.2, 1.7) |
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1 |
ppm |
-0.3 (-2.3, 1.8) |
-3.3 (-6.1, -0.4)† |
0.7 (-3.0, 4.5) |
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2 |
0.6 (-1.5, 2.7) |
-2.3 (-6.1, 1.6) |
2.4 (-1.7, 6.7) |
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NO2 |
0 |
18.4 |
-0.4 (-4.4, 3.9) |
0.1 (-5.6, 6.2) |
-0.9 (-2.9, 1.1) |
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1 |
ppb |
-1.2 (-4.6, 2.3) |
-3.4 (-6.6, -0.1) |
0.7 (-3.7, 5.3) |
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2 |
0.0 (-2.4, 2.5) |
-4.8 (-11.5, 2.5) |
0.6 (-1.4, 2.6) |
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O3 |
0 |
18.4 |
0.1 (-3.8, 4.2) |
-2.2 (-5.9, 1.7) |
-0.6 (-3.1, 1.9) |
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1 |
ppb |
4.3 (-1.3, 10.2) |
2.2 (-1.7, 6.3) |
0.1 (-2.3, 2.5) |
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2 |
3.2 (0.3, 6.2)* |
3.7 (-0.5, 7.9) |
-0.1 (-3.0, 2.9) |
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PM10 |
0 |
20.6 |
5.3 (-2.2, 13.4) |
-0.6 (-3.3, 2.2) |
0.0 (-1.8, 1.8) |
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1 |
μg/m3 |
0.9 (-1.1, 3.0) |
-1.7 (-7.6, 4.5) |
-0.9 (-2.7, 0.9) |
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2 |
1.1 (-2.4, 4.8) |
-5.3 (-11.4, 1.2) |
-1.2 (-3.0, 0.6) |
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PM2.5 |
0 |
8.2 |
1.7 (-2.5, 6.1) |
-1.8 (-6.1, 2.7) |
0.6 (-1.4, 2.7) |
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1 |
μg/m3 |
0.9 (-1.1, 3.0) |
-0.9 (-3.6, 1.8) |
0.6 (-1.1, 2.4) |
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2 |
0.4 (-1.6, 2.4) |
-0.2 (-5.0, 4.8) |
-0.2 (-1.9, 1.5) |
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SO2 |
0 |
5.1 |
-1.1 (-2.9, 0.7) |
-1.9 (-4.3, 0.6) |
-0.6 (-2.1, 0.9) |
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1 |
ppb |
-1.8 (-4.2, 0.7) |
-1.4 (-4.4, 1.8) |
-0.2 (-1.7, 1.3) |
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2 |
-1.1 (-2.8, 0.7) |
-3.0 (-6.7, 0.9) |
0.6 (-1.3, 2.6) |
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*Positive, statistically significant associations are shown in bold. †Negative, statistically significant associations are shown in italics. |
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Stieb et al. Environmental Health 2009 8:25 doi:10.1186/1476-069X-8-25 |
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