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. 2023 Oct 18;23:395. doi: 10.1186/s12890-023-02629-8

Table 2.

Association between long-term exposure to PM10, PM2.5 and NO2 and cause-specific mortality in the city of Ancona during 2013–2017 period using different levels of adjustment

Mortality Model 1a Model 2a Model 3a
Pollutant %change 95%CI %change 95%CI %change 95%CI
Natural (5,584) PM10 13 4.6 22.6 2.3 -0.8 5.6 1.9 -1.2 5.2
PM2.5 17.5 5.9 31.5 3.1 -1.1 7.5 2.5 -1.6 6.9
NO2 15.6 4.5 28 3.9 -0.5 8.6 3.1 -1.3 7.7
Cardiovascular (2,051) PM10 18.8 7 32.9 4.9 -0.3 10.7 4.8 -0.5 10.6
PM2.5 25.9 9.2 47.2 6.8 -0.3 14.9 6.5 -0.6 14.6
NO2 23.2 7.8 40.8 8.1 0.6 16.2 7.6 0.1 15.6
Respiratory (395) PM10 10 -7.8 35.3 -0.5 -9.2 10.1 -1 -9.7 9.5
PM2.5 13.6 -10.1 51.5 -0.3 -11.6 14.2 -1.3 -12.4 13.2
NO2 14.5 -10.9 47.2 2.8 -10.4 18 0.9 -12.2 16
Cancer (1,594) PM10 6.2 -2.4 16.4 0.2 -4.9 5.8 -0.3 -5.3 5.3
PM2.5 8.1 -3.3 22.5 0.2 -6.3 7.8 -0.4 -6.9 7
NO2 6.7 -5.2 20.1 0.2 -7 8.1 -0.4 -7.6 7.4
Lung cancer (278) PM10 17.1 -2.5 44.7 13.8 1.3 29.4 11.9 -0.2 26.9
PM2.5 22.8 -3.9 65 18.3 1.1 41.2 15.3 -1.1 37.2
NO2 16.5 -9 49.1 13.8 -2.7 33.1 11.1 -5 29.9

The results are expressed as percent change of risk and relative 95% confidence interval (95%CI) per 5 mg/m3 increases in the pollutants

Footnotes: NO2 nitrogen dioxide, PM particulate matter

aModel 1: crude Association with no adjustment; Model 2: adjustment for age and sex; Model 3: model 2 + socioeconomic position indicator