Table 2.
Estimated percent change with 95% confidence interval in asthma morbidity per 10 μg/m3 increase in single lag-day and 3-day moving average PM2.5 concentration in Jackson, MS, 2003–2011. Statistically significant associations at α = 0.05 are in italics
| Lag 0 | Lag 1 | Lag 2 | 3-day average | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emergency room admission | Overall | 2.9 (− 1.0, 6.9) | 4.7 (0.7, 8.8) | 3.7 (− 0.2, 7.8) | 7.2 (1.7, 13.1) |
| Male | 4.1 (− 1.3, 9.9) | 3.6 (− 1.9, 9.4) | 4.3 (− 1.1, 10.1) | 7.8 (0.0, 16.1) | |
| Female | 2.0 (− 3.1, 7.3) | 5.8 (0.6, 11.3) | 3.2 (− 1.9, 8.6) | 7.0 (− 0.2, 14.7) | |
| White | − 1.3 (− 9.5, 7.6) | 4.6 (− 4.1, 14.1) | 7.1 (− 1.6, 16.7) | 6.6 (− 5.3, 20.0) | |
| Black | 4.1 (− 0.3, 8.6) | 4.9 (0.5, 9.5) | 4.0 (− 0.3, 8.5) | 8.4 (2.2, 14.9) | |
| Inpatient and outpatient | Overall | − 2.1 (− 6.3, 2.4) | − 1.5 (− 5.8, 3.0) | 1.1 (− 3.3, 5.7) | − 1.5 (− 7.4, 4.7) |
| Male | − 0.2 (− 5.7, 5.6) | 3.4 (− 2.2, 9.4) | 3.8 (− 1.8, 9.7) | 4.4 (− 3.3, 12.7) | |
| Female | − 3.6 (− 8.7, 1.7) | − 5.7 (− 10.7, − 0.4) | − 1.2 (− 6.4, 4.3) | − 6.5 9–13.2, 0.7) | |
| White | − 2.2 (− 10.0, 6.2) | 1.1 (− 6.9, 9.9) | 4.8 (− 3.5, 13.7) | 2.3 (− 8.7, 14.5) | |
| Black | − 1.2 (− 5.9, 3.6) | − 2.0 (− 6.6, 2.9) | 0.1 (− 4.6, 5.0) | − 1.9 (− 8.2, 4.8) |
CI confidence interval